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SPHENODON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras
Synonyms:
genus Sphenodon; Sphenodon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sphenodon" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Sphenodon"):
Sphenodon punctatum; tuatara (only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand)
Holonyms ("Sphenodon" is a member of...):
order Rhynchocephalia; Rhynchocephalia (tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic)
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