labyrinthodon

See also: Labyrinthodon

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “labyrinth”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

Noun

labyrinthodon (plural labyrinthodons)

  1. (paleontology) Alternative form of labyrinthodont
    • 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 35:
      One day they unearthed some bones in a sandhill that Mr Shinglar said were of the labyrinthodon, a great sloth-lizard that roamed in forests submerged for a thousand thousand years.

French

Noun

labyrinthodon m (plural labyrinthodons)

  1. Alternative spelling of labyrinthodonte
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