Definitions
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- proper noun obsolete A taxonomic
order for allextinct largesalamander -likeamphibians . - proper noun A
clade containing allvertebrates withtoes rather thanfins , as well as a few of the most closely related lobe-finnedfish .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek.
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"But from the Stegocephalia; of the order Ecaudata --"
The Moon Pool 1919
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"In the oldest Batrachia, the Stegocephalia, we find a continuous dermal covering of the upper and lateral parts of the skull; *** the number of these dermal ossi - fications is nearly constant.
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