dicynodontn.adj.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈsɪnədɒnt/, U.S.

/daɪˈsɪnəˌdɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Dicynodont-, Dicynodon.

Etymology: < Dicynodont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek ὀδοντ- , ὀδούς tooth) of scientific Latin Dicynodon, genus name (R. Owen 1845, in Trans. Geol Soc. (1856) 7 61) < ancient Greek δι- di- comb. form + κυν- , κύων dog (see cyno- comb. form) + -όδον (see -odon comb. form); compare -odont comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Dicynodontia, group name (R. Owen 1860, in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1859 162).

Palaeontology.

A. n.

Any of numerous extinct, herbivorous mammal-like reptiles of the group Dicynodontia (order Therapsida), characterized by a heavily-built body, short legs and tail, and typically no teeth apart from two tusks in the upper jaw, found commonly as fossils from the Permian and Triassic periods.The Dicynodontia are now regarded as an infraorder that constitutes the majority of the suborder Anomodontia, and the latter name is more commonly used.

ΚΠ

1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 97/2 I have called them ‘Dicynodonts’, from their dentition being reduced to one long and large canine tooth on each side of the upper jaw.

1870 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 14 58 The animal is neither a Dinosaurian nor a Dicynodont, nor yet a Crocodile.

1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 204 206 The craniofacial axis of Dicynodonts is more completely ossified than that of any other reptile.

1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) vi. 32 Though some primitive forms had small cheek teeth, most of the Dicynodonts had only the two ‘tusks’.

2007 New Scientist 3 Feb. 35/2 Mammals evolved from a group of reptiles called Dicynodonts that prospered during the Triassic period, 250 to 200 million years ago.

B. adj.

adj. Relating to or designating reptiles of the group Dicynodontia.

ΚΠ

1859 T. H. Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 15 649 The beaked and few-toothed or toothless Dicynodont Reptiles.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xvi. 292 The Dicynodont reptiles from the red sandstones of South Africa.

1915 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 206 3 When Owen in 1844..first received specimens of Dicynodont reptiles from South Africa he noted a number of mammalian characters in them.

1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 30 245 The discovery of dicynodont reptiles in Eastern Turkestan and New Mexico is a striking example of the radical changes still to be expected in our knowledge of the distribution of extinct creatures.

1996 New Scientist 3 Feb. 40/2 In 1994, he unearthed bits of the skull and jaw of a new, tuskless dicynodont therapsid, which he estimates lived about 240 million year ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dicynodont
释义	dicynodontn.adj. Brit. /dʌɪˈsɪnədɒnt/, U.S. /daɪˈsɪnəˌdɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Dicynodont-, Dicynodon. Etymology: < Dicynodont-, taken as stem (after ancient Greek ὀδοντ- , ὀδούς tooth) of scientific Latin Dicynodon, genus name (R. Owen 1845, in Trans. Geol Soc. (1856) 7 61) < ancient Greek δι- di- comb. form + κυν- , κύων dog (see cyno- comb. form) + -όδον (see -odon comb. form); compare -odont comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Dicynodontia, group name (R. Owen 1860, in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1859 162). Palaeontology. A. n. Any of numerous extinct, herbivorous mammal-like reptiles of the group Dicynodontia (order Therapsida), characterized by a heavily-built body, short legs and tail, and typically no teeth apart from two tusks in the upper jaw, found commonly as fossils from the Permian and Triassic periods.The Dicynodontia are now regarded as an infraorder that constitutes the majority of the suborder Anomodontia, and the latter name is more commonly used. ΚΠ 1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 97/2 I have called them ‘Dicynodonts’, from their dentition being reduced to one long and large canine tooth on each side of the upper jaw. 1870 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 14 58 The animal is neither a Dinosaurian nor a Dicynodont, nor yet a Crocodile. 1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 204 206 The craniofacial axis of Dicynodonts is more completely ossified than that of any other reptile. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) vi. 32 Though some primitive forms had small cheek teeth, most of the Dicynodonts had only the two ‘tusks’. 2007 New Scientist 3 Feb. 35/2 Mammals evolved from a group of reptiles called Dicynodonts that prospered during the Triassic period, 250 to 200 million years ago. B. adj. adj. Relating to or designating reptiles of the group Dicynodontia. ΚΠ 1859 T. H. Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 15 649 The beaked and few-toothed or toothless Dicynodont Reptiles. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xvi. 292 The Dicynodont reptiles from the red sandstones of South Africa. 1915 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 206 3 When Owen in 1844..first received specimens of Dicynodont reptiles from South Africa he noted a number of mammalian characters in them. 1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 30 245 The discovery of dicynodont reptiles in Eastern Turkestan and New Mexico is a striking example of the radical changes still to be expected in our knowledge of the distribution of extinct creatures. 1996 New Scientist 3 Feb. 40/2 In 1994, he unearthed bits of the skull and jaw of a new, tuskless dicynodont therapsid, which he estimates lived about 240 million year ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1854
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