thecodont Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
    thecodont reptile.

WordNet

The"co*dont adjective
Etymology
Gr. a case + , , a tooth.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
  2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
The"co*dont noun
Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) One of the Thecodontia.

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