Scelides

sel′i-dēz, 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 (sē′li-ō), a genus of hymenopterous insects parasitic in the eggs of gra hoppers and locusts; Scelop′or us ( U.S. ), the common brown fence-lizard. [Gr. skelis , skelidos , a leg.]