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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of herbivorous dinosaurs, typified by the genus Stegosaurus, with biconcave vertebræ, ischia retrorse and meeting in mid-line, the astragalus coalesced with the tibia, and the metatarsals short. They were Jurassic reptiles of great size.

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