thecodont


2thecodont

noun

Definition of THECODONT

: any of an order (Thecodontia) of Triassic diapsid thecodont reptiles that were presumably on the common ancestral line of the dinosaurs, birds, and crocodiles

First Known Use of THECODONT

1840

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