The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word STEGOSAURS
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What does STEGOSAURS mean?
STEGOSAURS noun- Any of several extinct herbivorous dinosaurs, of the suborder Stegosauria, having two rows of bony plates along the back.