SCELIDES
\sˈɛla͡ɪdz], \sˈɛlaɪdz], \s_ˈɛ_l_aɪ_d_z]\
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sel'i-d[=e]z, n.pl. the posterior limbs of a mammal.--n. SCEL'IDOSAUR, a dinosaur of the genus Scelidosaurus.--adjs. SCELIDOSAU'RIAN; SCELIDOSAU'ROID.--n.pl. SCELIDOSAU'RIDÆ, a family of mailed dinosaurs.--ns. SCELIDOSAU'RUS, the typical genus of Scelidosauridæ; SCELIO (s[=e]'li-[=o]), a genus of hymenopterous insects parasitic in the eggs of grasshoppers and locusts; SCELOP'ORUS (U.S.), the common brown fence-lizard. [Gr. skelis, skelidos, a leg.]
By Thomas Davidson