Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stegosauria \Steg`o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Stegosaurus}.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the
genera {Stegosaurus}, {Omosaurus}, and their allies.
Stegosaurus \Steg`o*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roof + ? a
lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful
dermal armature of plates and spines.
Source : WordNet®
stegosaurus
n : herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates
along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a
weapon [syn: {stegosaur}, {Stegosaur stenops}]