thecodont

Adjective, Noun

the=co=dont

WORDNET DICTIONARY

thecodont(n = noun.animal) thecodont reptile - presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds;

is a kind of archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile

is a member of order thecodontia, thecodontia

thecodont, a. [Gr. a case + , , a tooth.].

Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to the thecodonts. [1913 Webster]

thecodont, n.

One of the Thecodontia. [1913 Webster]