Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of the clade †Stegosauria of quadruped ornithischian dinosaurs with dorsal plates and spikes, alive during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.

  2. Any of the genus †Stegosaurus of herbivorous four-legged armored dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic, characterized by the distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails.

    Stegosaurus

    стегоза́врstegozávr

More definitions
  • herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Is that a stegosaurus?

    Це стегозавр?

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  2. The stegosaurus is sleeping.

    Стегозавр спить.

    ruСтегозавр спит.

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  3. The stegosaurus is asleep.

    Стегозавр спить.

    ruСтегозавр спит.

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  4. The stegosaurus is sleeping now.

    Стегозавр зараз спить.

    ruСтегозавр сейчас спит.

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  5. I like stegosauruses.

    Мені подобаються стегозаври.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
extinct reptile:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
extinct reptile:

Origin

From the genus name Stegosaurus. From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + σαῦρος (saûr

From the genus name Stegosaurus. From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

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Forms

plural: stegosauruses / stegosauri
Singularstegosaurus
Pluralstegosauruses / stegosauri

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon:stegosaurStegosaur stenops

Word family

1 related words

See also

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