STEGOSAURIAN
\stˌɛɡəsˈɔːɹi͡ən], \stˌɛɡəsˈɔːɹiən], \s_t_ˌɛ_ɡ_ə_s_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_n]\
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steg-[=o]-saw'ri-an, adj. pertaining to the STEGOSAU'RIA, an order or suborder of dinosaurs, represented by the families Stegosauridæ and Scelidosauridæ.--n. STEGOSAU'RUS, the typical genus of Stegosauridæ, with enormous bucklers and spines. [Gr. stegein, to cover, sauros, a lizard.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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