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TUATARA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
Synonyms:
Sphenodon punctatum; tuatara
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tuatara" is a kind of...):
diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)
Holonyms ("tuatara" is a member of...):
genus Sphenodon; Sphenodon (coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras)
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