Definition of Thecodonts

1. Noun. (plural of thecodont) ¹

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Definition of Thecodonts

1. thecodont [n] - See also: thecodont

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thecodonts

thecal abscess
thecal whitlow
thecaphore
thecaphores
thecas
thecasporous
thecata
thecate
thecia
thecitis
thecium
thecodactyl
thecodont
thecodont reptile
thecodontia
thecodonts (current term)
thecomatosis
thecophora
thecosomata
thecostegnosia
thede
thedes
thedom
thee
thee sen
theed
theedom
theeing
theek

Literary usage of Thecodonts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Geology: Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science by Ebenezer Emmons (1857)
"THE LACERTILIA ; SECTION, thecodonts. § 48. The order Lacertilia is distinguished from Croco- dilia, ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"The characteristics which seem to be marks of high grade in these thecodonts appear to be so implanted in a structure otherwise low, that they must be ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Professor Owen commences the family of the thecodonts, extinct Saurians which exhibit a mode of fixation of the teeth different from the ..."

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