LABYRINTHODONT


Meaning of LABYRINTHODONT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈrin(t)-thə-ˌdänt ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Labyrinthodontia, from Greek labyrinthos + odont-, odous tooth — more at tooth

Date: circa 1852

: any of a superorder (Labyrinthodontia) of extinct amphibians of the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic typically having bodies resembling salamanders or crocodiles and considered to be the earliest tetrapod vertebrates

• labyrinthodont adjective

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