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Stegosaur vs Thagomizer - What's the difference?

stegosaur | thagomizer |

As nouns the difference between stegosaur and thagomizer

is that stegosaur is any of several extinct herbivorous dinosaurs, of the suborder stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back while thagomizer is an arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.

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.

    • thagomizer

    English

    (wikipedia thagomizer)

    Alternative forms

    * thagomiser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2001 , title = The Little Giant Book of Dinosaurs , first = Thomas R. , last = Holtz , coauthors = Riley, Terry , page = 54 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=x8dCyBRE7msC&pg=PA54&dq=thagomizer , passage = Like the thagomizer of the stegosaur, the ankylosaurid tail club was probably used to smash into attackers. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2008-08-01 , title = Stegosaurus: The Plated Dinosaur , first = Gary , last = Jeffrey , publisher = Rosen Publishing Group , isbn = 9781404277137 , lccn = 2007050587 , oclc = 678490823 , ol = 25175316M , page = 30 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=qnhJIvv4_14C&pg=PT35&dq=thagomizer , passage = An Allosaurus backbone had a hole in which a Stegosaurus thagomizer' fitted perfectly. Over the years, many of the fossil ' thagomizers that have been dug up have had broken tips. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2008-09-17 , title = The Lady of Gold , series = SnapDragon Adventures 1 , first = L. E. , last = Simmons , edition = First , publisher = Lulu.com , isbn = 9780557006380 , lccn = 2008908645 , page = 135 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=3KX5Quh9PJ8C&pg=PA135&dq=thagomizer , passage = "Not like that," Snap growled, raising her four fists, swishing her thagomizer around threateningly. }}

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