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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various carnivorous pelycosaurs of the genus Dimetrodon of the Permian Period, having long spines on the back that supported a sail-like structure, and powerful jaws with sharp teeth.

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  • noun A carnivorous synapsid, of the genus Dimetrodon, from the Permian period

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  • noun carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail

Etymologies

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

[New Latin Dimetrodōn, genus name : Greek di-, two; see di– + Greek metron, measure; see mē- in Indo-European roots + Greek odōn, tooth (from its having two different kinds of teeth); see dent- in Indo-European roots.]

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