Word Explorer

Synapsida

🔄 Synonyms of "Synapsida"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
subclass synapsidanoun	extinct reptiles of the permian to jurassic considered ancestral to mammals

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Synapsida"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
subclass synapsidanoun	extinct reptiles of the permian to jurassic considered ancestral to mammals
pelycosaurianoun	edaphosaurus; dimetrodon
therapsidanoun	a clade comprising a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals and their ancestors and close relatives.
lepidosaurianoun	The (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia.
polymastiginanoun	small usually parasitic flagellates
metatherianoun	(from Greek , 'changed' and , 'beast'; ) a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals.
anapsidanoun	oldest known reptiles: turtles; extinct permian forms
haemosporidianoun	an order in the subclass telosporidia
dibranchiatanoun	comprising all living cephalopods except the family nautilidae: the orders octopoda (octopuses) and decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
animal ordernoun	the order of animals
solenogastresnoun	The Solenogastres (less often referred to as Neomeniomorpha), common name the solenogasters, are one class of small, worm-like, shell-less molluscs (Aplacophora), the other class being the Caudofoveata (Chaetodermomorpha).MolluscaBase eds.. MolluscaBase.
dinoceratanoun	Dinocerata (from the Greek , "terrible", and , "horn") or Uintatheria,Blackwelder, R. E. Classification of the Animal Kingdom.
sauropterygianoun	("lizard flippers") an extinct taxon of diverse, aquatic reptiles that developed from terrestrial ancestors soon after the end-Permian extinction and flourished during the Triassic before all except for the Plesiosauria became extinct at the end of that period.
prototherianoun	(from Greek πρώτος, prōtos, first, + θήρ, thēr, wild animal) an obsolete subclass of mammals which includes the living Monotremata and to which a variety of extinct groups, including Morganucodonta, Docodonta, Triconodonta and Multituberculata, have also been assigned.
dicynodontianoun	a division of therapsida
holocephalinoun	Holocephali ("complete heads"), sometimes given the name Euchondrocephali, is a subclass of cartilaginous fish in the class Chondrichthyes.
ichthyosaurianoun	an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as "ichthyosaurs", although the term is also used for wider clades in which the order resides.
marginocephalianoun	(Latin: margin-head) a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs that is characterized by a bony shelf or margin at the back of the skull.
ostracoderminoun	extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
dipnoinoun	bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of crossopterygii