STEGOSAUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stegosaur mean? 

• STEGOSAUR (noun)
  The noun STEGOSAUR has 1 sense:

1. herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

  Familiarity information: STEGOSAUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEGOSAUR (noun)

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Meaning:

Herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

stegosaur; Stegosaur stenops; stegosaurus

Hypernyms ("stegosaur" is a kind of...):

armored dinosaur (dinosaurs having bony armour)

Holonyms ("stegosaur" is a member of...):

genus Stegosaurus (quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous)