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ALL meanings of labyrinthodont

lab·y·rin·tho·dont
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  • noun labyrinthodont any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth. 1
  • adjective labyrinthodont having teeth with complexly infolded enamel surfaces. 1
  • adjective labyrinthodont belonging to or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta. 1
  • noun labyrinthodont (of teeth) having the enamel deeply folded to form a labyrinthine structure. 1
  • noun labyrinthodont Any extinct amphibian of the subclass Labyrinthodontia. 0
  • adjective labyrinthodont (zoology) Having teeth with a labyrinthine (maze-like) internal structure. 0
  • noun labyrinthodont any primitive amphibian of the order Labyrinthodontia, of late Devonian to Triassic times, having teeth with much-folded dentine 0
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