Scelidosaurus

noun

Scel·​i·​do·​sau·​rus

: a genus of European Lower Jurassic dinosaurs (suborder Stegosauria) having a dermal armor of longitudinal series of small tubercles and scutes on the back and tail

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from scelid- (from Greek -skelid-, -skelis leg—as in periskelid-, periskelis band worn on the leg, anklet—from skelos leg) + -o- + -saurus

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