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STEGOCEPHALIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
Synonyms:
order Stegocephalia; Stegocephalia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Stegocephalia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("Stegocephalia" is a member of...):
amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)