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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs). archaic
2. 2
   presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Having the teeth enclosed in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

thecodont reptile

Etymology

Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, chest”) + -odont.

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