diapsid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *diapsid*:
NOUN	animal	diapsid, diapsid reptile	reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

diapsid > pronunciation
Sounds	day.ae'psihd
Rhymes	abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd...

English > *diapsid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye.
Synonym	diapsid reptile
Narrower	archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile	Extinct reptiles including
	crocodilian reptile, crocodilian	extant archosaurian reptile
	saurian	Any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards
	snake, serpent, ophidian	limbless scaly elongate reptile
	tuatara, Sphenodon punctatum	Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
Broader	reptile, reptilian	Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
Opposite	anapsid, anapsid reptile	Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull
Spanish	diapsid, diápsido
Catalan	diàpsid

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