Stegocephalian
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
"Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves."
Example
More examples"Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves."
Etymology
From Stegocephalia + -an.
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