Etymology

temnospondyl

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Today it means: Any of many extinct primitive amphibians (labyrinthodonts) of the order Temnospondyli, from the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic periods. Full definition →

translingual Temnospondyli ← Ancient Greek τέμνω
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέμνω“I cut”
  2. translingual · derived fromTemnospondyli
  3. English todaytemnospondyl

From translingual Temnospondyli, from Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”) + σπόνδυλος (spóndulos), Ionic/Attic form of σφόνδυλος (sphóndulos, “vertebra”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτέμνω all →

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