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capitosaur

capitosaur noun: any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the clade Capitosauria.

Noun

capitosaur (plural capitosaurs)

  1. Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the clade Capitosauria.
    • Capitosaurs had pachyostotic (extraheavy) skeletons and probably lived on the bottom of large water bodies as ambush predators.2014, Rainer R. Schoch, Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates

Forms of capitosaur

pluralcapitosaurs

Questions about capitosaur

What does capitosaur mean?
Capitosaur means any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the clade Capitosauria.
What part of speech is capitosaur?
Capitosaur is a noun.
What is the plural of capitosaur?
The plural of capitosaur is capitosaurs.

Words near capitosaur in the dictionary

  1. capitonids
  2. capitonym
  3. capitonymic
  4. capitonyms
  5. Capitos
  6. capitosaur
  7. capitosaurian
  8. capitosaurid
  9. capitosaurids
  10. capitosauroid
  11. capitosauroids

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