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DIVISION CYNODONTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does division Cynodontia mean? 

DIVISION CYNODONTIA (noun)
  The noun DIVISION CYNODONTIA has 1 sense:

1. a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teethplay

  Familiarity information: DIVISION CYNODONTIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIVISION CYNODONTIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cynodontia; division Cynodontia

Hypernyms ("division Cynodontia" is a kind of...):

division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)

Meronyms (members of "division Cynodontia"):

cynodont (small carnivorous reptiles)

Exaeretodon; genus Exaeretodon (a genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia)

Holonyms ("division Cynodontia" is a member of...):

order Therapsida; Therapsida (extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic)


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