1.
[syn: thecodont, thecodont reptile]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thecodont \The"co*dont\, a. [Gr. ? a case + ?, ?, a tooth.]
1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the
alveoli of the jaws.
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2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thecodont \The"co*dont\, n. (Paleon.)
One of the Thecodontia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thecodont
n 1: presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and
crocodiles and birds [syn: thecodont, thecodont
reptile]