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Word: Thecodont
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from modern Latin Thecodontia, from Greek thēkē ‘case’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˈθiːkə(ʊ)dɒnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a fossil quadrupedal or partly bipedal reptile of the Triassic period, having teeth fixed in sockets in the jaw. Thecodonts are ancestral to the dinosaurs and other archosaurs.
Short Definition:fossil quadrupedal or partly bipedal reptile of Triassic period
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