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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large reptilelike extinct tetrapods of the Carboniferous and Permian Periods, traditionally placed in the order Cotylosauria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any member of the order Cotylosauria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun paleontology, dated A member of the Captorhinidae, the earliest group of true
reptiles from theCarboniferous through thePermian .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek kotulē, hollow object, socket + Greek sauros, lizard.]
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