Thecodontia

2 definitions found

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

  Thecodontia \The`co*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.)
     A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the
     teeth implanted in sockets.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Thecodontia
       n : extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of
           the late Permian to Triassic [syn: {order Thecodontia}]