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Thecodontia

noun

extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic

• Syn: ↑order Thecodontia

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Archosauria, ↑subclass Archosauria

• Member Meronyms: ↑thecodont, ↑thecodont reptile

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\\ˌthēkəˈdänchə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from thec- + -odontia

: an order or Reptilia comprising various generalized diapsid Triassic forms presumably on the common ancestral line of the dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.