HyperDic: order_stereospondyli

English > 1 sense of the expression order Stereospondyli:
NOUNanimalorder Stereospondyli, Stereospondyliformerly a suborder of Stegocephalia
English > order Stereospondyli: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningformerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece.
SynonymStereospondyli
Member ofLabyrinthodontia, superorder Labyrinthodontia, Labyrinthodonta, superorder LabyrinthodontaExtinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishestereospóndilos
CatalanEstereospòndil, estereospòndils, Stereospondyli

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