stegosauri

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English

Noun

stegosauri

  1. (nonstandard, usually humorous, rare) plural of stegosaurus
    • 1977, Herbert Kohl, Writing, Maths & Games in the Open Classroom, Methuen, page 76:
      They had plastic sabre-toothed tigers, tyrannosauri, brontosauri and stegosauri.
    • 1999 July 24, John Woodgate, <[email protected]>, "Re: How do I change the quote character?", demon.ip.support.turnpike, Usenet:
      Pardon? It's a well-known fact that all female stegosauri (stegosaurae) were called Glenys.
    • 2000 October 21, "DiLithiumXtals", <[email protected]>, "Re: Stegosaur Stomps Darwin", alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, Usenet:
      Right....cats, like stegosauri, have spiked tails they use as weapons.
    • 2006, May, Mike Simpson, "The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze" (Movie review):
      By Part VIII, the valley is obviously accessible because a herd of stegosauri ("spiketails") is passing through.
    • 2007, Jasper Fforde, First Amongst Sequels, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 182:
      Harris Tweed tried it next and was nearly trampled by a herd of angry stegosauri.

Italian

Noun

stegosauri m

  1. plural of stegosauro