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Answer for the clue "A kind of therapsid ", 10 letters:
dicynodont

Word definitions for dicynodont in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dicynodontia is a taxon of anomodont therapsids or synapsids with beginnings in the mid-Permian , which were dominant in the Late Permian and continued throughout the Triassic , with a few possibly surviving into the Early Cretaceous . Dicynodonts were ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dicynodont \Di*cyn"o*dont\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? dog + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon , supporting also a pair ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a kind of therapsid

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A member of the Dicynodontia, an extinct group of therapsids.

Usage examples of dicynodont.

Both contain small coelurosaurs, aetosaurs, dicynodonts, phytosaurs, and rauisuchids.

Dicynodonts, rhynchosaurs, protorosaurs, and trilophosaurs are the most common groups in the adequately known fauna.