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Webster 1913 Edition


Labyrinthodon

Labˊy-rin′tho-don

,
Noun.
[Gr.
λαβύριντηοσ
labyrinth +
ὀδούς
,
ὀδόντος
, tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order
Labyrinthodonta
. Called also
Mastodonsaurus
.