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sphenacodontian

sphenacodontian noun: any synapsid of the clade Sphenacodontia.

Noun

sphenacodontian (plural sphenacodontians)

  1. Any synapsid of the clade Sphenacodontia.
    • The keel of the angular does have the deep form characteristic of the group, but it is not reflected laterally as occurs in other sphenacodontians.2005, Thomas Stainforth Kemp, The Origin and Evolution of Mammals, page 26

Forms of sphenacodontian

pluralsphenacodontians

Questions about sphenacodontian

What does sphenacodontian mean?
Sphenacodontian means any synapsid of the clade Sphenacodontia.
What part of speech is sphenacodontian?
Sphenacodontian is a noun.
What is the plural of sphenacodontian?
The plural of sphenacodontian is sphenacodontians.

Words near sphenacodontian in the dictionary

  1. sphecoid
  2. spheges
  3. spheksophobia
  4. sphen-
  5. sphenacodont
  6. sphenacodontian
  7. sphenacodontians
  8. sphenacodontid
  9. sphenacodontids
  10. sphenacodonts
  11. sphendone

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