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ANAPSID REPTILE

• ANAPSID REPTILE (noun)
The noun ANAPSID REPTILE has 1 sense:

1. primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

Familiarity information: ANAPSID REPTILE used as a noun is very rare.

• ANAPSID REPTILE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anapsid; anapsid reptile

Hypernyms ("anapsid 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 "anapsid reptile"):

chelonian; chelonian reptile (a reptile of the order Chelonia)

Holonyms ("anapsid reptile" is a member of...):

Anapsida; subclass Anapsida (oldest known reptiles: turtles; extinct Permian forms)

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