stegosaur

Thân thiện

A young stegosaur grazes on ferns in a prehistoric forest.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur: A "stegosaur" is a dinosaur characterized by distinctive upright bony plates arranged in two rows along its back and spikes on its tail.
   • A member of the family Stegosauridae: It belongs to a specific group of armored dinosaurs from the Jurassic period.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The museum's fossil exhibit features a complete skeleton of a stegosaur.
  • Scientists believe the plates on a stegosaur may have been used for temperature regulation or display.

Advanced Usage

• "Stegosaur" as a taxonomic reference: Used in scientific literature to refer to any member of the suborder Stegosauria.
  • The discovery of the new fossil helped clarify the evolutionary timeline for early stegosaurs.

Variants and Related Words

• Stegosaurus (n): The most well-known genus within the stegosaur family. Often used interchangeably in general contexts, though "Stegosaurus" is more specific.
  • The Stegosaurus is arguably the most recognizable stegosaur.

Synonyms

• Plated dinosaur: A descriptive synonym emphasizing its most distinctive physical feature.

Học thuật

Noun

1. herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stegosaurus
• Stegosaur stenops