Dicynodont \Di*cyn"o*dont\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? dog + ?, ?, tooth.] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus {Dicynodon}, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.
dicynodont n : a kind of therapsid