| steg | <zoology> A gander. Alternative forms: stag. Origin: Icel. Steggr the male of several animals. Cf. Stag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| steganographist | One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| steganography | The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography. Origin: Gr. Covered (fr. To cover closely). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| steganophthalmata | <zoology> The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Synonym: Steganophthalmia. Origin: NL, from Gr. Covered + the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| steganopod | <zoology> One of the Steganopodes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| steganopodes | <ornithology> A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, web-footed; covered + foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| steganopodous | <zoology> Having all four toes webbed together. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stege | The internal pillar of Corti's organ. Origin: G. Stegos, roof, a house (05 Mar 2000) |
| stegnosis | <medicine> Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. See Stegnotic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stegnotic | <medicine> Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally. A stegnotic medicine; an astringent. Origin: Gr, fr. To cover, to make costive, fr, covered, closed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stegocephala | <paleontology> An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks. Synonym: Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta. Their teeth, in transverse sections, usually show a labyrinthiform arrangement of the cement and dentine. The under side of the body was covered with bony plates. Some of the Stegocephala were of very large size, and the form of the body varied from short, stout forms to others that were as slender as serpents. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Roof + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stegosauria | <paleontology> An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies. Origin: NL. See Stegosaurus Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stegosaurus | <paleontology> A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Roof + a lizard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |