thagomizer

发音

其它 /ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/

词形变化

thagomizers 复数 thagomizers

别名

thagomiser

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.

词源

Coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip (image on the right) shows a caveman giving a lecture illustrating this part of a dinosaur, with the caption "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons". See -ize, -er.

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