stegosauroid

1 of 2

adjective

stego·​sau·​roid

: resembling or related to the stegosaurs

stegosauroid

2 of 2

noun

"

plural -s

: a stegosauroid dinosaur

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

New Latin Stegosaurus + English -oid

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