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Word: Stegosaur
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
modern Latin, from Greek stegē ‘covering’ + sauros ‘lizard’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈstɛɡəsɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small-headed quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods, with a double row of large bony plates or spines along the back.
Short Definition:small-headed quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur of Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods, with double row of large bony plates or spines
Variant Forms:
- stegosaurus
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