stegocephalian

English

Etymology

From Stegocephalia +‎ -an.

Noun

stegocephalian (plural stegocephalians)

1. (zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
   • 2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:

     Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.

Hypernyms

• elpistostegalian, fishapod

Hyponyms

• baphetid, loxommatid
• colosteid
• ichthyostegalian
• tetrapod
• whatcheeriid