English Explanatory Dictionary

dissorophid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several extinct temnospondyl amphibians, of the family †Dissorophidae, from the Pennsylvanian epochs and Permian period

Word forms

dissorophid dissorophids

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῐσσός (dĭssós) ("double, twofold") + Ancient Greek ὀροφή (orophḗ) ("ceiling, roof") + -id.

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