| NOUN | animal | tuatara, Sphenodon punctatum | only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand |
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| Meaning | Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand. | |
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| Synonym | Sphenodon punctatum | |
| Member of | Sphenodon, genus Sphenodon | coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia |
| Broader | diapsid, diapsid reptile | reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye |
| Spanish | sphenodon, tuatara, tuátara | |
| Catalan | tuatara | |
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