TEMNOSPONDYLI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate

Synonyms:

order Temnospondyli; Temnospondyli

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Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("Temnospondyli" 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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