synapsid

Speech parts

1. synapsid - Noun

2. synapsid - Adjective

Meaning

synapsid (comparative more synapsid, superlative most synapsid)

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.

synapsid (plural synapsids)

Any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

dicynodont thecodont pelycosaur mammal-like reptile stem mammal

Hypernyms

reptile reptilian

Hyponyms

lion horse cat sheep deer rat

Phrases with the word

synapsid reptile non-mammalian synapsid

Examples

Ureotelism appears to be the ancestral condition among primitive amniotes, and it is retained by mammals, which likely inherited ureotelism from their synapsid and therapsid ancestors. Source: Internet

Archaeothyris was a very early synapsid and the oldest known. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

synapophysis synapse synapses synapsid reptile synapsin synapsis