Associations to the word «Labyrinthodontia»

Noun

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Wiktionary

LABYRINTHODONTIA, proper noun. (informal) (paleontology) A taxonomic subclass within the class Amphibia   — extinct amphibians rather like crocodiles, supposedly ancestral to all terrestrial vertebrates; the group is now considered polyphyletic.

Dictionary definition

LABYRINTHODONTIA, noun. Extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic.

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