1. formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate; [syn: Temnospondyli, order Temnospondyli]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Temnospondyli
n 1: formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous
and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some
elements remain separate [syn: Temnospondyli, order
Temnospondyli]