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Rhynchocephalia
noun
tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic
Syn: ↑order Rhynchocephalia
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidosauria, ↑subclass Lepidosauria
Member Meronyms: ↑Sphenodon, ↑genus Sphenodon

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Rhynchocephalia /-si-fāˈli-ə/ plural noun
(Gr kephalē head) a primitive order of reptiles extinct except for the New Zealand tuatara
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Main Entry:rhyncho-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.