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GENUS HYNERPETON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hynerpeton mean?
• GENUS HYNERPETON (noun)
The noun GENUS HYNERPETON has 1 sense:
1. earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania
Familiarity information: GENUS HYNERPETON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hynerpeton; Hynerpeton
Hypernyms ("genus Hynerpeton" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hynerpeton"):
Hynerpeton bassetti (fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania)
Holonyms ("genus 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)
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