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    ANAPSIDA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian formsplay

    Synonyms:

    Anapsida; subclass Anapsida

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Anapsida" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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