- cotylosaur
- cot·y·lo·saur
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cotylosaur
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cotylosaur — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek kotylē + sauros lizard Date: 1895 any of an order (Cotylosauria) of extinct primitive reptiles of the Carboniferous to Triassic with short legs and massive bodies that were probably the earliest truly… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cotylosaur — cotylosaurian, adj. /kot l euh sawr /, n. any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy bodied, splay limbed, plant eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of… … Universalium
cotylosaur — noun A member of the Captorhinidae, the earliest group of true reptiles from the Carboniferous through the Permian. Syn: stem reptile … Wiktionary
cotylosaur — cot•y•lo•saur [[t]ˈkɒt l əˌsɔr[/t]] n. pal any reptile of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy bodied splay limbed forms that arose during the Pennsylvanian Period and that include the ancestors of all other reptiles • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
cotylosaur — ˈkäd.ələˌsȯ(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Cotylosauria : a reptile of the order Cotylosauria … Useful english dictionary
Diadectidae — Temporal range: Late Carboniferous – Early Permian, 305–271 Ma … Wikipedia
rootreptile — root reptile n. See cotylosaur. * * * … Universalium
stemreptile — stem reptile n. See cotylosaur. * * * … Universalium
cotylosaurian — adjective a) Of or pertaining to cotylosaurs. b) Having characteristics of a cotylosaur … Wiktionary
Diadectidae — Reconstitution … Wikipédia en Français
