dicynodont

dicynodont
[dʌɪ'sɪnədɒnt]
noun a fossil herbivorous mammal-like reptile of the late Permian and Triassic periods, with beaked jaws and no teeth apart from two tusks in the upper jaw of the male.
Origin
C19: from mod. L. Dicynodontia, from Gk di- 'two' + kuōn 'dog' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.

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  • Dicynodont — Di*cyn o*dont, n. [Gr. di = di s twice + ? dog + odoy s, odo ntos, tooth.] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus {Dicynodon}, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dicynodont — Dicynodonts Temporal range: 268–105 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • dicynodont — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek di + kyn , kyōn dog + odont , odous tooth more at hound, tooth Date: 1854 any of a suborder (Dicynodontia) of small herbivorous therapsid reptiles with reduced dentition • dicynodont adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dicynodont — noun A member of the Dicynodontia, an extinct group of therapsids. See Also: cynodont …   Wiktionary

  • dicynodont — di·cyn·o·dont …   English syllables

  • dicynodont — noun a kind of therapsid • Hypernyms: ↑therapsid, ↑protomammal • Member Holonyms: ↑Dicynodontia, ↑division Dicynodontia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anomodont — Taxobox name = Anomodontia fossil range = Middle Permian Early Cretaceous*Thulborn, T. Turner, S. 2003. The last dicynodont: an Australian Cretaceous relict. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270, 985 993.… …   Wikipedia

  • Lystrosaurus — Taxobox name = Lystrosaurus image width = 250px image caption = Lystrosaurus murrayi skeleton, Muséum national d histoire naturelle, Paris fossil range = Early Triassic regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Synapsida ordo = Therapsida… …   Wikipedia

  • Jachaleria — Taxobox name = Jachaleria fossil range = Upper Triassic regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Synapsida ordo = Therapsida | infraordo = Dicynodontia genus = Jachaleria subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = * Jachaleria candelariensis… …   Wikipedia

  • Anexo:Terápsidos — Esta lista de terápsidos es un intento de crear un listado comprensible de todos los géneros incluidos en este grupo, excluye los mamíferos y los nombres vernáculos. La lista incluye todos los géneros aceptados por la comunidad científica, pero… …   Wikipedia Español

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