STEGOSAURUS - Definition

Pronunciation:		st`egus'orus
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

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	Synonyms:	stegosaur, Stegosaur stenops

	See Also:	armored dinosaur, genus Stegosaurus

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Stegosaurus Discusses the physical characteristics, food, habitat, relatives, and extinction of the slow-moving vegetarian dinosaur, Stegosaurus. more details ...

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Steg`o*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roof + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.