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DIAPSIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Diapsida mean?
• DIAPSIDA (noun)
The noun DIAPSIDA has 1 sense:
1. used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria
Familiarity information: DIAPSIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Diapsida; subclass Diapsida
Hypernyms ("Diapsida" is a kind of...):
reptile; reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms)
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