thecodontia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
    order Thecodontia.

WordNet


The`co*don"ti*a noun plural
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.

Webster 1913