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Noun: genus Dimetrodon
  1. An extinct genus of sail-backed synapsid reptiles from the Permian period, characterized by a large sail-like fin on their back
    "Dimetrodon fossils show distinctive sail-backed spines"

Type of: reptile genus

Part of: order Pelycosauria, Pelycosauria