Stegosauria

plural noun

Stego·​sau·​ria

: a suborder of Ornithischia comprising numerous dinosaurs with strongly developed dorsal bony armor compare stegosaurus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Stegosaurus + -ia

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