Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of amniote vertebrates that first emerged in the late Permian Period, characterized by a single opening in the temporal region on each side of the skull and including the mammals along with various extinct groups more closely related to mammals than to other amniotes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
synapsidan .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the class
Synapsida , of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each. - noun Any
animal (including allmammals ) of the classSynapsida .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term "synapsid" is increasingly used cladistically, including mammals -- thus, synapsids are not extinct at all.
Life's Time Capsule: The Synapsid Gallery ART Evolved 2009
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I was under the impression that “therapsid” always referred to a kind of synapsid reptile and was distinct from “pelycosaur” another kind of synapsid think dimetrodon.
Controversies in Evolution: 'Jurassic beaver' unearthed in China - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Otherwise, we have more of the lumbering and vaguely stegosaur-like "stegodons" seen elsewhere in Azeroth and a bizarre mutation of basilisk that they're calling "Diemetradon" (clearly loosely inspired by the Permian-aged Dimetrodon, which, you'll note, isn't a dinosaur, but, rather, a pelycosaurian synapsid).
Howard Hughes Looks the Other Way corucia 2008
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At least I have a start on the model, but to be honest the piece won't and sadly at this point can't be as complicated as my synapsid one.
Life's Time Capsule: Making of Karoo Sunset Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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"Non-mammalian synapsid" is a nice, precise, accurate term, too.
Life's Time Capsule: The Synapsid Gallery ART Evolved 2009
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Big canines are a consistent theme in synapsid evolution.
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Big canines are a consistent theme in synapsid evolution.
Archive 2009-05-01 Peter Bond 2009
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I've always liked "non-mammalian synapsid," even though it takes awhile to say.
Life's Time Capsule: The Synapsid Gallery ART Evolved 2009
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The one and only specimen represents a sphenacodontid synapsid.
Archive 2009-05-01 Peter Bond 2009
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I guess this lets me "improve" my hideous Alt-Permian picture, and maybe draw up a real Permian synapsid, too.
Life's Time Capsule: A Minor Delay Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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