Triconodonta
plural noun
Tri·con·odon·ta
Definition of Triconodonta
: an order of Jurassic primitive mammals that are of uncertain relationships and probably not on the direct ancestral line of higher mammals — see triconodon
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Origin and Etymology of triconodonta
New Latin Triconodont-, Triconodon
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