stegosaurus
See also: Stegosaurus
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name Stegosaurus. From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
Noun edit
stegosaurus (plural stegosauruses or stegosauri)
- A stegosaur, a member of the suborder Stegosauria, of the order Ornithischia of the middle Jurassic to early Cretaceous period.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "You will observe that both the pterodactyl and the stegosaurus are Jurassic, and therefore of a great age in the order of life."
- 1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- So you tell your friends about it, including the people who have no interest in birding and wouldn't know a Le Conte's sparrow from a stegosaurus.
- A member of the genus Stegosaurus within this suborder.
Translations edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin stegosaurus
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsteɡosɑu̯rus/, [ˈs̠te̞ɡo̞ˌs̠ɑ̝u̯rus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑurus
- Syllabification(key): ste‧go‧sau‧rus
Noun edit
stegosaurus
Declension edit
Inflection of stegosaurus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | stegosaurus | stegosaurukset | ||
genitive | stegosauruksen | stegosaurusten stegosauruksien | ||
partitive | stegosaurusta | stegosauruksia | ||
illative | stegosaurukseen | stegosauruksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | stegosaurus | stegosaurukset | ||
accusative | nom. | stegosaurus | stegosaurukset | |
gen. | stegosauruksen | |||
genitive | stegosauruksen | stegosaurusten stegosauruksien | ||
partitive | stegosaurusta | stegosauruksia | ||
inessive | stegosauruksessa | stegosauruksissa | ||
elative | stegosauruksesta | stegosauruksista | ||
illative | stegosaurukseen | stegosauruksiin | ||
adessive | stegosauruksella | stegosauruksilla | ||
ablative | stegosaurukselta | stegosauruksilta | ||
allative | stegosaurukselle | stegosauruksille | ||
essive | stegosauruksena | stegosauruksina | ||
translative | stegosaurukseksi | stegosauruksiksi | ||
abessive | stegosauruksetta | stegosauruksitta | ||
instructive | — | stegosauruksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |