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Meaning of THECODONT

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
 
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 Synonyms: thecodont reptile
 
 See Also: archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile, order Thecodontia, Thecodontia

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \The"co*dont\, a. [Gr. ? a case + ?, ?, a tooth.]
1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the
   alveoli of the jaws.
2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.

  2. \The"co*dont\, n. (Paleon.)
One of the Thecodontia.
 
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