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PELYCOSAUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pelycosaur mean?
• PELYCOSAUR (noun)
The noun PELYCOSAUR has 1 sense:
1. large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America
Familiarity information: PELYCOSAUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pelycosaur" is a kind of...):
synapsid; synapsid reptile (extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull)
Holonyms ("pelycosaur" is a member of...):
order Pelycosauria; Pelycosauria (edaphosaurus; dimetrodon)
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