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SUPERORDER LABYRINTHODONTIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
Synonyms:
Labyrinthodonta; Labyrinthodontia; superorder Labyrinthodonta; superorder Labyrinthodontia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superorder Labyrinthodontia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "superorder Labyrinthodontia"):
labyrinthodont (an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia)
order Stereospondyli; Stereospondyli (formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece)
order Temnospondyli; Temnospondyli (formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate)
Holonyms ("superorder Labyrinthodontia" is a member of...):
amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)
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