Definition of Therapsids

1. Noun. (plural of therapsid) ¹

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Definition of Therapsids

1. therapsid [n] - See also: therapsid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Therapsids

therapeutist
therapeutists
therapia
therapia magna sterilisans
therapied
therapies
therapist
therapists
therapize
therapized
therapizes
therapizing
therapod
therapods
therapsid
therapsids (current term)
therapy
therapying
therapylike
theratoma
theratomas
therblig
therbligs
there'd
there'll
there're
there's
there's a grain of truth in every joke
there's a sucker born every minute

Literary usage of Therapsids

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

1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"A critical step was taken when, as in the therapsids and Thero- morphs, legs developed enough to walk on. To the primitive mobility was added an essential ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"The later South African therapsids have all taken on further specializations of the skull and jaw and though they can be readily compared with the ..."

3. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"These Cynodonts (also known as therapsids) occur as Triassic fossils in Africa and North America; though they were genuine reptiles they had very ..."

4. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"(6) The mandible of the therapsids becomes more and more mammal-like as we ascend toward the cynodonts. The dentary of the latter has a wide ascending ramus ..."

5. Secrets of Animal Life by John Arthur Thomson (1919)
"... from a stock of generalized placental mammals, or from a stock of bipedal arboreal reptiles, represented perhaps by some of the extinct therapsids. ..."

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