Cynodont
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cynodont is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
Example Sentences
The Triassic immediately followed a devastating mass extinction, and the cynodonts diversified in its aftermath in much the same way mammals did in the Paleocene.
Word Forms
- cynodonts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reptile, synodont, cynodontid, cynognathid, cynodontian, procynosuchid.
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