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CHRONOPERATES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A reptile genus of Therapsida

Synonyms:

Chronoperates; genus Chronoperates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Chronoperates" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Chronoperates"):

Chronoperates paradoxus (shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada; from about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles))

Holonyms ("Chronoperates" is a member of...):

order Therapsida; Therapsida (extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic)

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