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THERAPSID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
Synonyms:
protomammal; therapsid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("therapsid" is a kind of...):
synapsid; synapsid reptile (extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "therapsid"):
Chronoperates paradoxus (shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada; from about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles))
cynodont (small carnivorous reptiles)
dicynodont (a kind of therapsid)
Holonyms ("therapsid" is a member of...):
order Therapsida; Therapsida (extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic)
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