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    DIAPSID REPTILE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eyeplay

    Synonyms:

    diapsid; diapsid reptile

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("diapsid reptile" is a kind of...):

    reptile; reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diapsid reptile"):

    Sphenodon punctatum; tuatara (only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand)

    saurian (any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs)

    archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

    crocodilian; crocodilian reptile (extant archosaurian reptile)

    ophidian; serpent; snake (limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous)

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