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thagomiser

thagomiser is the alternative spelling of thagomizer.

Meaning of thagomizer

Noun

thagomizer (plural thagomizers)

  1. 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.2001, Thomas R. Holtz with Terry Riley, The Little Giant Book of Dinosaurs, page 54

Forms of thagomiser

pluralthagomisers

Questions about thagomiser

What is thagomiser the alternative spelling of?
Thagomiser is the alternative spelling of thagomizer.

Words near thagomiser in the dictionary

  1. Thagards
  2. Thaggard
  3. Thaggards
  4. thagi
  5. thagis
  6. thagomiser
  7. thagomisers
  8. thagomizer
  9. thagomizers
  10. Thahiri
  11. Thahiris

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