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STEREOSPONDYLI

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece

Example:

most vertebrates are stereospondylous

Synonyms:

order Stereospondyli; Stereospondyli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

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

Labyrinthodonta; Labyrinthodontia; superorder Labyrinthodonta; superorder Labyrinthodontia (extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic)

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