used as combining form of Gr. root στεγ- of στέγειν to cover, στέγη covering, στέγος (neut.) roof, in certain modern scientific terms. Stegocarpous a. [Gr. καρπός fruit], epithet of certain mosses, forming the division Stegocarpi, characterized by having an operculate capsule. Stegocephalian a. [Gr. κεφαλή head] = STEGOCEPHALOUS; sb. a member of the order Stegocephala of fossil Batrachians, characterized by having the skull protected by bony plates. Stegocephalous a., pertaining to, or having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala. Stegocrotaphous a. [Gr. κρόταφος, side of the forehead, temple], having the side of the skull protected by bony plates. Stegodon [Gr. ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth], a fossil genus or subgenus of elephants, having ‘ridged’ teeth; an elephant of this genus. Stegodont a., belonging to or having the characteristics of the genus Stegodon. Stegosaur, ǁ Stegosaurus [Gr. σαῦρος lizard], a genus of dinosaurs, characterized by the completeness of their armor; hence ǁ Stegosauria pl., the order of which this genus is typical; Stegosaurian a. and sb.
1884. K. E. Goedel, in Encycl. Brit., XVII. 73/2. The *stegocarpous Mosses.
1891. Amer. Naturalist, Dec., 1123. A *Stegocephalian Skull from the Kilkenny Coal Measures.
1900. Nature, 12 July, 254/2. The extinct labyrinthodonts or stegocephalians.
1895. Information, 6 July, 3/1. The *Stegocephalous Batrachians (primitive Salamanders) of the coal period.
1901. H. Gadow, Amphibia, etc. (Camb. Nat. Hist.), 78. The incipient Reptilia which have sprung from some members of this Stegocephalous stock.
1907. Williston, in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XXXII. 488. The turtles have a *stegocrotaphous skull.
1857. H. Falconer, in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc., XIII. 314. To this group we have assigned the subgeneric name of *Stegodon.… The Stegodons constitute the intermediate group of the Proboscidea from which the other species diverge through their dental characters, on the one side into the Mastodons, and on the other into the typical Elephants.
1894. Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., II. 555. The so-called *stegodont elephants.
1901. Westm. Gaz., 1 Oct., 10/2. The *stegosaur was the most remarkable of the sauropods.
1877. O. C. Marsh, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci., Ser. III. XIV. 513. A new order, which may be termed *Stegosauria, from the typical genus here described.
1905. A. S. Woodward, Guide Fossil Rept., etc. Brit. Mus. (ed. 8), 21. Another Wealden *Stegosaurian.
1912. Return Brit. Mus., 168. The Stegosaurian Dinosaurs.
1892. Daily News, 28 Dec., 3/6. The *stegosaurus, a huge torpid reptile about 20 feet in length.
