stegosaurus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the clade †Stegosauria of quadruped ornithischian dinosaurs with dorsal plates and spikes, alive during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
    — "You will observe that both the pterodactyl and the stegosaurus are Jurassic, and therefore of a great age in the order of life."
  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.

词形变化

stegosauruses plural stegosauri plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Steggy stegosauruslike

词源

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