stegosaurian


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steg·o·saur·i·an

 (stĕg′ə-sôr′ē-ən)
n.
Any of various herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs of the group Stegosauria of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, having rows of upright plates or spikes on the back, spikes on the tail, and a small head with a beaked mouth. Also called stegosaur.
[From New Latin Stegosauria, group name, from Stegosaurus, type genus; see stegosaurus.]
steg′o·saur′i·an adj.
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stegosaurian

(ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːrɪən)
n
(Palaeontology) a variant of stegosaur
adj
having the characteristics of a stegosaur
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