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CYNODONT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cynodont mean?
• CYNODONT (noun)
The noun CYNODONT has 1 sense:
1. small carnivorous reptiles
Familiarity information: CYNODONT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small carnivorous reptiles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cynodont" is a kind of...):
protomammal; therapsid (probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals)
Holonyms ("cynodont" is a member of...):
Cynodontia; division Cynodontia (a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth)
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