pelycosaur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes, part of a polyphyletic grade, formerly regarded as order Pelycosauria.

Word forms

pelycosaur pelycosaurs

Etymology

Ancient Greek πέλυξ (pélux, “bowl, axe”) and σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

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