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