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STEREOSPONDYLI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece
Example:
most vertebrates are stereospondylous
Synonyms:
order Stereospondyli; Stereospondyli
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Stereospondyli" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("Stereospondyli" 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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