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Carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail
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dimetrodon
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Dimetrodon (; meaning "two measures of teeth") is an extinct genus of synapsid that lived during the Early Permian period, around 295–272 million years ago (Ma). It is a member of the family Sphenacodontidae . The most prominent feature of Dimetrodon is ...
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n. carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail
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n. A carnivorous synapsid, of the genus (taxlink Dimetrodon genus noshow=1), from the Permian period
Usage examples of dimetrodon.
The engineer, on the lead dimetrodon, signaled and moved the train of behemoths out into traffic.
A troop of dimetrodons sunning in shallow water plucked their feet from mud, lowered their rainbow sails, and swished out of the water, leaving wavy tail marks behind.
The dimetrodons turned droopy eyes upon the phenomenon, but made no other move except to twitch their tails from the hot water.
Casting about, the monster pointed a long-fingered hand at the sleepy dimetrodons, who looked on unimpressed.