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Stegosaurus

A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.

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📖 Definitions of "Stegosaurus"

noun

1
A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.
2
A member of the genus Stegosaurus within this suborder.

🔄 Synonyms of "Stegosaurus"

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Word	Definition
stegosaurnoun	Any extinct herbivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.
stegosaur stenopsnoun	herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stegosaurus"

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Word	Definition
stegosaurnoun	Any extinct herbivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.
stegosaur stenopsnoun	herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon
stegosauriannoun	Any dinosaur of the suborder Stegosauria
stegosauridnoun	(zoology) Any member of the family Stegosauridae of dinosaurs.
stegosaurinenoun	Relating to the stegosaurians
stegodontnoun	A stegodon, an extinct relative of the modern elephants; a member of the taxonomic genus †Stegodon.
sauropodnoun	A member of the Sauropoda suborder of dinosaurs
stegodonnoun	(zoology) Any member of the extinct genus †Stegodon, related to modern elephants; a stegodont.
stegodontidnoun	(zoology) Any extinct elephant in the family Stegodontidae.
staurikosauridnoun	(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Staurikosauridae, a synonym of the Herrerasauridae.
stagonolepididnoun	(paleontology) Any archosaur in the family Stagonolepididae.
aetosaurinenoun	(paleontology) A member of the sufamily Aetosaurinae, of the family Stagonolepididae.
eustreptospondylusnoun	A megalosaurid dinosaur, of the genus †Eustreptospondylus, from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic period.
allosaurnoun	Any of several huge carnivorous dinosaurs, of the superfamily Allosauroidea, from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods
theropodnoun	Any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
dinosaurian	Of, like, or pertaining to a dinosaur.
scelidosaurnoun	A dinosaur of the genus Scelidosaurus.
huayangosaurus	a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China.
segnosauridnoun	(zoology) Any dinosaur in the family Segnosauridae, a synonym for the Therizinosauridae.
spinosaurinenoun	Any of the subfamily †Spinosaurinae of theropod dinosaurs.