Stegocephalian

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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