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Stegosaurus
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steg·o·saur  (stg-sôr) also steg·o·sau·rus (stg-sôrs)
n.
Any of several herbivorous dinosaurs of the suborder Stegosauria of the Jurassic to the Cretaceous periods, having a double row of upright bony plates along the back, long hind legs, a short neck, and a relatively small head.

[New Latin Stegosaurus, genus name : Greek stegos, roof; see stegodon + Greek sauros, lizard.]
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Noun1.Stegosaurus - herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weaponstegosaurus - herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon
armored dinosaur - dinosaurs having bony armour
genus Stegosaurus - quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous


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FULL PLATE The 2-ton herbivore known as Stegosaurus stenops is readily identifiable by the two rows of fin-like plates running along its back and two pairs of 1-meter-long spikes jutting from its tail.
Stegosaurus stenops was a 9-meter-long, 2-ton herbivore that had two rows of finlike plates running along its back and two pairs of meter-long spikes adorning its tail.
 
 
 
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