似哺乳爬行动物

似哺乳爬行動物
sìbǔrǔpáxíngdòngwù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 mammal-like reptile
  2. 2 synapsid / therapsid (paleontology)

Examples

Sìbǔrǔpáxíngdòngwù shì bǔrǔdòngwù de zǔxiān lèiqún.
Mammal-like reptiles are the ancestral group of mammals.
Èrchǐshòu shì yī zhǒng zhùmíng de sìbǔrǔpáxíngdòngwù.
Dicynodon is a well-known mammal-like reptile.

Tips

usage
Modern phylogeny calls them (Synapsida) rather than 爬行动物 — they are not true reptiles but the sister group that gave rise to mammals. 哺乳爬行动物 survives as older textbook terminology, literally 'mammal-resembling reptiles'.

Stroke Order

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