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adj
Having the teeth enclosed in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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noun
presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thecodont reptile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile
History
Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, chest”) + -odont.
Across languages
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