Associations to the word «Thecodont»

Wiktionary

THECODONT, adjective. (anatomy) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
THECODONT, noun. (paleontology) (archaic) Any of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs).

Dictionary definition

THECODONT, noun. Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds.

Wise words

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