TUATARA

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

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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