hylaeosaur

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hylaeosaur - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hylaeosaur \Hy"l[ae]*o*saur`\, Hylaeosaurus
  \Hy`l[ae]*o*sau"rus\, n. [NL. hylaeosaurus, fr. Gr. ? belonging
     to a forest (fr. ? wood) + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.)
     A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It
     was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the
     skin, and armed with spines.
     [1913 Webster]