STEREOSPONDYLI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stereospondyli mean? 

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

1. formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEREOSPONDYLI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Stereospondyli; Stereospondyli

Context example:

most vertebrates are stereospondylous

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

animal order (the order of animals)

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

Labyrinthodonta; Labyrinthodontia; superorder Labyrinthodonta; superorder Labyrinthodontia (extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic)