Triconodonta

plural noun

Tri·​con·​odon·​ta

: an order of Jurassic primitive mammals that are of uncertain relationships and probably not on the direct ancestral line of higher mammals see triconodon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Triconodont-, Triconodon

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