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Cephalothorax vs Stegosaur - What's the difference?

cephalothorax | stegosaur |

As nouns the difference between cephalothorax and stegosaur

is that cephalothorax is (anatomy) the fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans while stegosaur is any of several extinct herbivorous dinosaurs, of the suborder stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.

cephalothorax

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans.
  • * 1874 CE: T. De Witt Talmage, Around the tea-table
    • "Come in!" says the gray spider to the house-fly; "I have entertained a great many flies. I have plenty of room, fine meals and a gay life. [...] Philosophers have written volumes about my antennae and cephalothorax ."

    Derived terms

    * cephalothoracic

    Related terms

    * cephalon * thorax

    References

    * (Cephalothorax)

    stegosaur

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stegosaur) (en noun)
  • Any of several extinct herbivorous dinosaurs, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.