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Therapsid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various reptiles of the order Therapsida of the Permian and Triassic periods, many of which are considered to be direct ancestors of mammals.

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n. Any extinct reptile of the order Therapsida; thought to be direct ancestors of the mammals

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n. probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals

Word Usage

"Descended from creatures called therapsid reptiles, bats first took flight in the Triassic period more than two hundred million years ago."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

synapsid reptile synapsid

Hyponym

cynodont chronoperates paradoxus dicynodont