CYNODONT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small carnivorous reptiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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

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