Definition of cotylosaur
: any of an order (Cotylosauria) of extinct primitive reptiles of the Carboniferous to Triassic with short legs and massive bodies that were prob. the earliest truly terrestrial vertebrate animals
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Origin and Etymology of cotylosaur
ultimately from Greek kotylē + sauros lizard
First Known Use: 1895
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