THECODONTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thecodontia mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THECODONTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Thecodontia; Thecodontia

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Thecodontia"):

thecodont; thecodont reptile (presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds)

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

Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)