SYNAPSID


Meaning of SYNAPSID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈnap-səd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Synapsida, from Greek syn- + apsid-, apsis arch, vault — more at apsis

Date: 1956

: any of a subclass (Synapsida) of extinct chiefly Permian and Triassic reptiles (as the pelycosaurs) that resembled mammals, had a single pair of lateral temporal skull openings, and are usually held to be ancestral to mammals

• synapsid adjective

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