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PELYCOSAUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pelycosaur mean? 

PELYCOSAUR (noun)
  The noun PELYCOSAUR has 1 sense:

1. large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PELYCOSAUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

synapsid; synapsid reptile (extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull)

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

order Pelycosauria; Pelycosauria (edaphosaurus; dimetrodon)


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