THECODONT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thecodont mean? 

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

1. presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THECODONT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

thecodont; thecodont reptile

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

archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

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

order Thecodontia; Thecodontia (extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic)