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Chaetopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They ar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Cheirotherium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Chelonia
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Clidastes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Crinoidea
n. pl. · 78% connection
A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Crocodilia
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Dicynodont
noun · 78% connection
One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Dinosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Enaliosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Eosaurus
noun · 78% connection
An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Graptolite
noun · 78% connection
One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Herpetology
noun · 78% connection
The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Hipparion
noun · 78% connection
An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Ibis
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous specie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Ichthyosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been foun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Ichthyosaurus
noun · 78% connection
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Labyrinthodonta
n. pl. · 78% connection
An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
Larvalia
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinct, order, reptiles, including, mosasaurus.
