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stegosauri
stegosauri
English
Noun
stegosauri
- (nonstandard, usually humorous, rare) plural of stegosaurus
- 1977, Herbert Kohl Writing, Maths & Games in the Open Classroom, Methuen, p. 76:
- They had plastic sabre-toothed tigers, tyrannosauri, brontosauri and stegosauri.
- 1999 July 24, John Woodgate, <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk>, "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", <dilithiumxt...@aol.com>, "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 978-0-340-83574-6, p. 182:
- Harris Tweed tried it next and was nearly trampled by a herd of angry stegosauri.
- 1977, Herbert Kohl Writing, Maths & Games in the Open Classroom, Methuen, p. 76: