Thagomizer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thagomizer is a noun meaning An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.
Meaning
An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.
Example Sentences
"Not like that," Snap growled, raising her four fists, swishing her thagomizer around threateningly.
Like the thagomizer of the stegosaur, the ankylosaurid tail club was probably used to smash into attackers.
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.
Word Forms
- thagomizers
- thagomiser
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stegosaurine, epijugal, stegosaurian, stegosaur, urostege, gnathostegite.
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