cynodont
Meanings
noun
- Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
Word forms
Etymology
From cyno- + -odont, from Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) and ὀδόντος (odóntos), genitive singular of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth, tusk”).
Derived words
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