stegosaur

American  

[steg-uh-sawr] / ˈstɛg əˌsɔr /

noun

1. a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Stegosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a heavy, bony armor and a row of bony plates along its back, and growing to a length of 20 to 40 feet (6–12 meters).

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stegosaur British  

/ ˈstɛɡəˌsɔː, ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːrəs /

noun

1. any quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur of the suborder Stegosauria, esp any of the genus Stegosaurus, of Jurassic and early Cretaceous times, having an armour of bony plates

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stegosaur Scientific  

/ stĕg′ə-sôr′ /

1. Any of several large herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs of the group Stegosauria of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous Periods. The largest genus, Stegosaurus, had a tail with two horizontal spikes for defense, and an arched back with an alternating double row of large, triangular, upright bony plates. Stegosaurs grew over 6 m (20 ft) long, but had extremely small heads with brains the size of a walnut. The hindquarters were controlled by a neural ganglion in the hip region that was larger than the brain.

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Etymology

Origin of stegosaur

< New Latin Stegosaurus (1877); stego-, -saur

Example Sentences

In 2000 he was part of the team that discovered the first stegosaur fossils outside North America.

From Los Angeles Times

It's believed the fossil "most likely represents a stegosaur fibula," according to the study's abstract.

From Fox News

The collection includes some of the earliest stegosaurs named, such as Dacentrurus itself, but has only been recently recognized as experts have gone back to sort through the comparatively rare remains of the charismatic saurians.

From Scientific American

More than that, the dinosaur turned up in a place where stegosaurs are rarely found.

From Scientific American

According to the museum, they belong to a new genus that dates to about 168 million years ago, or the middle Jurassic period, making the remains much older than most known stegosaurs.

From Fox News