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dicynodont

dicynodont noun: a member of the infraorder Dicynodontia of dominant herbivores of the Late Permian, the most successful group of non-mammalian synapsids.

dicynodont: a member of the infraorder Dicynodontia of dominant herbivores of the Late Permian, the most...
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Noun

dicynodont (plural dicynodonts)

  1. A member of the infraorder Dicynodontia of dominant herbivores of the Late Permian, the most successful group of non-mammalian synapsids.

Forms of dicynodont

pluraldicynodonts

Origin of dicynodont

From di- + cyno- + -odont. From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos, “tooth”).

Questions about dicynodont

What does dicynodont mean?
Dicynodont means a member of the infraorder Dicynodontia of dominant herbivores of the Late Permian, the most successful group of non-mammalian synapsids.
What part of speech is dicynodont?
Dicynodont is a noun.
What is the plural of dicynodont?
The plural of dicynodont is dicynodonts.

Words near dicynodont in the dictionary

  1. dicyclopropanated
  2. dicycloverine
  3. dicycly
  4. dicyemid
  5. dicyemids
  6. dicynodont
  7. dicynodontid
  8. dicynodontids
  9. dicynodonts
  10. dicysteine
  11. dicysteines

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