GENUS ICHTHYOSTEGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ichthyostega mean? 

• GENUS ICHTHYOSTEGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ICHTHYOSTEGA has 1 sense:

1. second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland

  Familiarity information: GENUS ICHTHYOSTEGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ICHTHYOSTEGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Ichthyostega" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ichthyostega"):

Ichyostega (early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland)

Holonyms ("genus Ichthyostega" is a member of...):

amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)