Akademik

Temnospondyli

noun

formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate

• Syn: ↑order Temnospondyli

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta, ↑superorder Labyrinthodonta

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\\ˌtemnōˈspändəˌlī\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek temnein to cut + New Latin -o- + -spondyli — more at tome

in some classifications : a suborder of Stegocephalia including parts of the orders Embolomeri and Rhachitomi and sometimes the Stereospondyli

Useful english dictionary. 2012.