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stegocephalian

stegocephalian noun: any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.

Noun

stegocephalian (plural stegocephalians)

  1. Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
    • Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61

Forms of stegocephalian

pluralstegocephalians

Origin of stegocephalian

From Stegocephalia + -an.

Questions about stegocephalian

What does stegocephalian mean?
Stegocephalian means any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
What part of speech is stegocephalian?
Stegocephalian is a noun.
What is the plural of stegocephalian?
The plural of stegocephalian is stegocephalians.

Words near stegocephalian in the dictionary

  1. Stegners
  2. stegnosis
  3. stegnotic
  4. stego
  5. stegocarpous
  6. stegocephalian
  7. stegocephalians
  8. stegocephalic
  9. stegocephalid
  10. stegocephalids
  11. stegocephalous

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