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Lepidosauria — noun diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras • Syn: ↑subclass Lepidosauria • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Reptilia, ↑class Reptilia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subclass Diapsida — noun used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria • Syn: ↑Diapsida • Hypernyms: ↑reptile, ↑reptilian … Useful english dictionary
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
class Reptilia — noun class of cold blooded air breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals • Syn: ↑Reptilia • Derivationally related forms: ↑reptilian (for:… … Useful english dictionary
Reptilia — noun class of cold blooded air breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals • Syn: ↑class Reptilia • Derivationally related forms: ↑reptilian •… … Useful english dictionary
vertebrate — /verr teuh brit, brayt /, adj. 1. having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Vertebrata (or Craniata), a subphylum of chordate animals, comprising those having a brain enclosed in a skull or cranium… … Universalium
List of reptiles — This is a list of extant reptiles by family, spanning three subclasses.=Subclass Anapsida=Order Testudines Turtles*Suborder Cryptodira **Family Chelydridae Common Snapping Turtles and Alligator Snapping Turtle **Family Emydidae Pond Turtles and… … Wikipedia
order Rhynchocephalia — noun tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic • Syn: ↑Rhynchocephalia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidosauria, ↑subclass Lepidosauria • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
order Squamata — noun diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards • Syn: ↑Squamata • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidosauria, ↑subclass Lepidosauria • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Rhynchocephalia — noun tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic • Syn: ↑order Rhynchocephalia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidosauria, ↑subclass Lepidosauria • Member Me … Useful english dictionary
