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/ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/ · noun
An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs..
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.
"Not like that," Snap growled, raising her four fists, swishing her thagomizer around threateningly.
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Thagomizer means An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs..
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Like the thagomizer of the stegosaur, the ankylosaurid tail club was probably used to smash into attackers.
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