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ORDER STEGOCEPHALIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does order Stegocephalia mean?

• ORDER STEGOCEPHALIA (noun)
The noun ORDER STEGOCEPHALIA has 1 sense:

1. in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia

Familiarity information: ORDER STEGOCEPHALIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ORDER STEGOCEPHALIA (noun)

Sense 1

order Stegocephalia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

In former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Stegocephalia; Stegocephalia

Hypernyms ("order Stegocephalia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("order Stegocephalia" is a member of...):

amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)

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