THERAPSIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Therapsida mean? 

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

1. extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERAPSIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Therapsida; Therapsida

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Therapsida"):

protomammal; therapsid (probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals)

Chronoperates; genus Chronoperates (a reptile genus of Therapsida)

Cynodontia; division Cynodontia (a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth)

Dicynodontia; division Dicynodontia (a division of Therapsida)

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

subclass Synapsida; Synapsida (extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals)