different between synapsid vs cynodont

English

Etymology

From translingual Synapsida, from syn- + Ancient Greek ???? (hapsís, “arch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??naps?d/

Adjective

synapsid (comparative more synapsid, superlative most synapsid)

1. Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2000, p. 26:

     We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.

Noun

synapsid (plural synapsids)

1. Any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.

Synonyms

• mammal-like reptile (dated)
• stem mammal

English

Etymology

cyno- +? -odont, from Ancient Greek ???? (kú?n, “dog”) and ??????? (odóntos), genitive singular of ????? (odoús, “tooth, tusk”).

Noun

cynodont (plural cynodonts)

1. (zoology) Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.

Translations

Further reading

• cynodont on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cynodontia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cynodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons