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CYNODONTIA

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Meaning:

A division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth

Synonyms:

Cynodontia; division Cynodontia

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Nouns denoting animals

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

division ((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)

Meronyms (members of "Cynodontia"):

cynodont (small carnivorous reptiles)

Exaeretodon; genus Exaeretodon (a genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia)

Holonyms ("Cynodontia" 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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