Thecodont

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thecodont \The"co*dont\, n. (Paleon.)
     One of the Thecodontia.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Thecodont \The"co*dont\, a. [Gr. ? a case + ?, ?, a tooth.]
     1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the
        alveoli of the jaws.
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     2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thecodont
       n : presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and
           crocodiles and birds [syn: {thecodont reptile}]