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THERAPSIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
Synonyms:
order Therapsida; Therapsida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Therapsida" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Therapsida"):
protomammal; therapsid (probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals)
Chronoperates; genus Chronoperates (a reptile genus of Therapsida)
Cynodontia; division Cynodontia (a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth)
Dicynodontia; division Dicynodontia (a division of Therapsida)
Holonyms ("Therapsida" is a member of...):
subclass Synapsida; Synapsida (extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals)
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