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SUBCLASS ANAPSIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms
Synonyms:
Anapsida; subclass Anapsida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subclass Anapsida" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "subclass Anapsida"):
anapsid; anapsid reptile (primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles)
Chelonia; order Chelonia; order Testudinata; order Testudines; Testudinata; Testudines (tortoises and turtles)
Holonyms ("subclass Anapsida" is a member of...):
class Reptilia; Reptilia (class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals)
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