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Thesaurus: dicynodont

One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa …

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  1. n. One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.
  2. n. a kind of therapsid
  3. One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.
  4. One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with ahorny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supportingalso a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassicstrata of South Africa and India.
  5. n a kind of therapsid