SUBCLASS DIAPSIDA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria

Synonyms:

Diapsida; subclass Diapsida

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subclass Diapsida" is a kind of...):

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

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