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Webster 1913 Edition


Pelicosauria


Pelˊi-co-sau′ri-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
πελίκα
a wooden bowl (but taken to mean, pelvis) +
σαῦροσ
a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation.