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Anapsida

noun

oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms

• Syn: ↑subclass Anapsida

• Hypernyms: ↑class

• Member Holonyms: ↑Reptilia, ↑class Reptilia

• Member Meronyms:

↑anapsid, ↑anapsid reptile, ↑Chelonia, ↑order Chelonia, ↑Testudinata, ↑order Testudinata, ↑Testudines, ↑order Testudines

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\\-sədə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from an- + -apsida (from Greek apsid-, apsis mesh, loop, net)

: a subclass of Reptilia comprising primitive forms in which the skull lacks temporal openings and including chiefly Permian forms with the turtles as its only present representatives

Useful english dictionary. 2012.