Dicynodont

n.

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(Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

Noun

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dicynodont - a kind of therapsid

Dicynodontia, division Dicynodontia, protomammal, therapsid