'Thecodont' definitions:
Definition of 'thecodont'
(from WordNet)
noun
Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds [syn: thecodont, thecodont reptile]
Definition of 'Thecodont'
From: GCIDE
- Thecodont \The"co*dont\, a. [Gr. ? a case + ?, ?, a tooth.]
- 1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thecodont'
From: GCIDE
- Thecodont \The"co*dont\, n. (Paleon.) One of the Thecodontia. [1913 Webster]