TEMNOSPONDYLI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Temnospondyli mean? 

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

1. formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMNOSPONDYLI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Temnospondyli; Temnospondyli

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("Temnospondyli" 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)