Associations to the word «Temnospondyli»

Wiktionary

TEMNOSPONDYLI, proper noun. A taxonomic order within the class Amphibia   — temnospondyls (primitive amphibians).

Dictionary definition

TEMNOSPONDYLI, noun. Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats