steg|o|sau|rus

steg|o|sau|rus
steg|o|sau|rus «STEHG uh SR uhs», noun, plural -sau|ri «-SR y».
a large, extinct, plant-eating reptile with heavy, bony armor. The stegosauri comprised a genus of ornithischian dinosaurs.
[< New Latin Stegosaurus the genus name < Greek stégos house, roof + saûros lizard]

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