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Considered direct ancestor of mammals
Answer for the clue "Considered direct ancestor of mammals ", 11 letters:
protomammal
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Word definitions for protomammal in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals [syn: therapsid ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any evolutionary ancestor of the mammals
Usage examples of protomammal.
But at night even humble carnivorous protomammals must have posed a real threat to the cold-immobilized reptiles, and particularly to their eggs.
Happily, that was the stream we belonged to, and it evolved into a family of protomammals known as therapsids.
Just as, if she looked closely, there was a smooth fakeness to the spurting blood of the protomammal, a glistening brightness to the dino's scales.