HYNERPETON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hynerpeton mean? 

• HYNERPETON (noun)
  The noun HYNERPETON has 1 sense:

1. earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania

  Familiarity information: HYNERPETON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYNERPETON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hynerpeton; Hynerpeton

Hypernyms ("Hynerpeton" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Hynerpeton"):

Hynerpeton bassetti (fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania)

Holonyms ("Hynerpeton" is a member of...):

amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)