thecodont
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, chest”) + -odont.
Adjective edit
thecodont (not comparable)
Translations edit
having teeth with roots &/or alveoli/sockets
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See also edit
Noun edit
thecodont (plural thecodonts)
- (paleontology, archaic) Any of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thecodont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)