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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LABYRINTHODON

Lab `y *rin "tho *don, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.

 

LABYRINTHODONT

LABYRINTHODONT Lab `y *rin "tho *dont, a. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta. -- n.

 

Defn: One of the Labyrinthodonta.

 

LABYRINTHODONTA

Lab `y *rin `tho *don "ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Labyrinthodon. ] (Paleon.)

 

Defn: An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

labyrinthodont

lab y rin tho dont |ˌlabəˈrinTHəˌdänt ˌlæbəˈrɪnθədɑnt | adjective Zoology (of teeth ) having the enamel deeply folded to form a labyrinthine structure. Paleontology of or relating to a group of large fossil amphibians of the late Devonian to early Triassic periods having such teeth. noun a labyrinthodont amphibian. [Former subclass Labyrinthodontia: several families, but no longer considered to be a single group. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Labyrinthodontia, from Greek laburinthos labyrinth + odous, odont- tooth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

labyrinthodont

labyrinthodont |ˌlabəˈrɪnθədɒnt | adjective Zoology (of teeth ) having the enamel deeply folded to form a labyrinthine structure. Palaeontology relating to a group of large fossil amphibians of the late Devonian to early Triassic periods having labyrinthodont teeth. noun a labyrinthodont amphibian. Former subclass Labyrinthodontia: several families, but no longer considered to be a single group. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Labyrinthodontia, from Greek laburinthos labyrinth + odous, odont- tooth .

 

Duden Dictionary

Labyrinthodon

La by rin th o don , La by rin tho don Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Labyr i nthodon |das Labyrinthodon; Genitiv: des Labyrinthodons, Plural: die Labyrinthododonten ausgestorbenes gepanzertes Kriechtier