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cynodont

cynodont noun: any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.

cynodont: any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and...
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Noun

cynodont (plural cynodonts)

  1. Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
    • The Triassic immediately followed a devastating mass extinction, and the cynodonts diversified in its aftermath in much the same way mammals did in the Paleocene.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 160

cynodont meaning in Malay

cynodont in Malay

zoology
kinodon

Forms of cynodont

pluralcynodonts

Origin of cynodont

From cyno- + -odont, from Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) and ὀδόντος (odóntos), genitive singular of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth, tusk”).

Words formed from cynodont

Questions about cynodont

What does cynodont mean?
Cynodont means any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
What is cynodont in Malay?
Cynodont in Malay is kinodon. See Cynodont meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is cynodont?
Cynodont is a noun.
What is the plural of cynodont?
The plural of cynodont is cynodonts.

Words near cynodont in the dictionary

  1. cynocephalid
  2. cynocephalids
  3. cynocephalous
  4. cynocephalus
  5. cynocephaly
  6. cynodont
  7. cynodontian
  8. cynodontians
  9. cynodontid
  10. cynodontids
  11. cynodontin

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