Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stegosaurus

/ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: stegosaurus
IPA: /ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːɹəs/

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the clade †Stegosauria of quadruped ornithischian dinosaurs with dorsal plates and spikes, alive during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

""You will observe that both the pterodactyl and the stegosaurus are Jurassic, and therefore of a great age in the order of life.""
"So you tell your friends about it, including the people who have no interest in birding and wouldn't know a Le Conte's sparrow from a stegosaurus."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

stegosauruses (plural) stegosauri (plural)

Derived Forms

Steggy stegosauruslike

Synonyms

stegosaur stegosaurus stenops

Rhymes With

morris chorus doris horace porous taurus horus thesaurus tyrannosaurus mcmorris brontosaurus dilophosaurus

Questions

How do you pronounce stegosaurus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌstɛɡəˈsɔːɹəs/.
What does stegosaurus mean?: Any of the clade †Stegosauria of quadruped ornithischian dinosaurs with dorsal plates and spikes, alive during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
Where does stegosaurus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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