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ORDER RHYNCHOCEPHALIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does order Rhynchocephalia mean?

• ORDER RHYNCHOCEPHALIA (noun)
The noun ORDER RHYNCHOCEPHALIA has 1 sense:

1. tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic

Familiarity information: ORDER RHYNCHOCEPHALIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ORDER RHYNCHOCEPHALIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Rhynchocephalia; Rhynchocephalia

Hypernyms ("order Rhynchocephalia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Rhynchocephalia"):

genus Sphenodon; Sphenodon (coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras)

Holonyms ("order Rhynchocephalia" is a member of...):

Lepidosauria; subclass Lepidosauria (diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras)

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