stegosauri

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A form of stegosaurus — Any of the clade †Stegosauria of quadruped ornithischian dinosaurs with dorsal plates and spikes, alive during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of stegosaurus

    Right....cats, like stegosauri, have spiked tails they use as weapons.

    2000 October 21, "DiLithiumXtals",, "Re: Stegosaur Stomps Darwin", alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, Usenet
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    They had plastic sabre-toothed tigers, tyrannosauri, brontosauri and stegosauri.

    1977, Herbert Kohl, Writing, Maths & Games in the Open Classroom, Methuen, page 76

    Pardon? It's a well-known fact that all female stegosauri (stegosaurae) were called Glenys.

    1999 July 24, John Woodgate,, "Re: How do I change the quote character?", demon.ip.support.turnpike, Usenet

    By Part VIII, the valley is obviously accessible because a herd of stegosauri ("spiketails") is passing through.

    2006, May, Mike Simpson, "The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze" (Movie review)

    Harris Tweed tried it next and was nearly trampled by a herd of angry stegosauri.

    2007, Jasper Fforde, First Amongst Sequels, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 182
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APA

stegosauri. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stegosauri

MLA

“stegosauri.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stegosauri. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stegosauri,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stegosauri.

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