ICTODOSAUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ictodosaur mean? 

• ICTODOSAUR (noun)
  The noun ICTODOSAUR has 1 sense:

1. intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals

  Familiarity information: ICTODOSAUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICTODOSAUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ictodosaur" is a kind of...):

synapsid; synapsid reptile (extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull)

Holonyms ("ictodosaur" is a member of...):

Ictodosauria; order Ictodosauria (extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period)