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  1. thagomizernoun

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

  2. Etymology: Coined by Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip 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.

Wikipedia

  1. Thagomizer

    A thagomizer () is the distinctive arrangement of four spikes on the tails of stegosaurine dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators. The arrangement of spikes originally had no distinct name. Cartoonist Gary Larson invented the name "thagomizer" in 1982 as a joke in his comic strip The Far Side, and it was gradually adopted as an informal term sometimes used within scientific circles, research, and education.

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  1. Thagomizer

    A thagomizer is the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators. The name was coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in a 1982 comic strip, and has been used in research and education since then.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thagomizer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thagomizer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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