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stegosaur

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈstɛɡəˌsɔr/
  • General-American: /ˈstɛɡəsoɹ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any extinct herbivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stegosaurus, Stegosaur stenops

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: armored dinosaur

History

Etymology

From Stegosaurus.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: estegosaure — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Chinese: 劍龍 /剑龙 (jiànlóng) — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • French: stégosaure — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • German: Stegosaurier — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Hebrew: סטגוזאור — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Hindi: वर्मसरट (varmasraṭ) — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Icelandic: kambeðla — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Irish: steigeasár — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Italian: stegosauro — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Japanese: ステゴサウルス (sutegosaurusu) — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Korean: 스테고사우르스 (seutegosaureuseu) — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Polish: stegozaur — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Portuguese: estegossauro — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Russian: стегоза́вр (stegozávr) — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Spanish: estegosaurio — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Swedish: stegosaurus — dinosaur in Stegosauria
  • Swedish: stegosaurie — dinosaur in Stegosauria