STEGOSAURUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

stegosaur; Stegosaur stenops; stegosaurus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stegosaurus" is a kind of...):

armored dinosaur (dinosaurs having bony armour)

Holonyms ("stegosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Stegosaurus (quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous)

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