Stegomus

noun

Stego·​mus

-məs

: a genus of small short-necked 5-toed reptiles (order Thecodontia) with smooth dermal scutes found in the Triassic of the Connecticut valley

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from steg- + Greek ōmos shoulder

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