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Dicynodont
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Di`cyn´o`dont
n.1.(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.
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Noun1.dicynodont - a kind of therapsid
protomammal, therapsid - probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
Dicynodontia, division Dicynodontia - a division of Therapsida


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