synapsid

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Pronunciation

/sɪˈnapsɪd/(UK)

Definition of synapsid

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adj

(not-comparable)Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.

“We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.”

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adj

(not-comparable)Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.

“We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.”

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From translingual Synapsida, from syn- + Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch”).

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