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PELYCOSAUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pelycosaur" is a kind of...):
synapsid; synapsid reptile (extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull)
Holonyms ("pelycosaur" is a member of...):
order Pelycosauria; Pelycosauria (edaphosaurus; dimetrodon)