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sphenacodontians

sphenacodontians is the plural of sphenacodontian.

Meaning of sphenacodontian

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

Questions about sphenacodontians

What is sphenacodontians the plural of?
Sphenacodontians is the plural of sphenacodontian.

Words near sphenacodontians in the dictionary

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

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