COTYLOSAUR


Meaning of COTYLOSAUR in English

Pronunciation: ' kä-t ə -l ō - ˌ so ̇ r, k ə - ' ti-l ə -

Function: noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek kotyl ē + sauros lizard

Date: 1895

: any of an order (Cotylosauria) of extinct primitive reptiles of the Carboniferous to Triassic with short legs and massive bodies that were prob. the earliest truly terrestrial vertebrate animals

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