Dinosaur Terminology

noun a term coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in a 1982 Far Side comic strip to refer to the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs

• The paleontologist pointed out the thagomizer on the fossilized stegosaurus tail.
• Check out the spikes on the end of that stegosaurus tail, also known as a thagomizer.
• The thagomizer on that dino's tail looks pretty gnarly.
• Her wit was like a thagomizer, sharp and piercing in its impact.

noun a type of large, herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, four sturdy legs, and a small head

• The sauropod was a type of herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail.
• Did you know that sauropods were some of the largest dinosaurs to ever roam the Earth?
• That sauropod was a real giant compared to the other dinosaurs.
• The sauropod of a problem in our project was the lack of communication between team members.