Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of fossil reptiles, of the Permian period, so called from certain resemblances they present to mammals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Paleon.) See
theriodonta .
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In the same way the opinion that the theromorpha, a kind of reptile, are the aboriginal form of vertebrates, has not proved tenable.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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