SPHENODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphenodon mean? 

• SPHENODON (noun)
  The noun SPHENODON has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras

  Familiarity information: SPHENODON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHENODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sphenodon; Sphenodon

Hypernyms ("Sphenodon" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Sphenodon"):

Sphenodon punctatum; tuatara (only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand)

Holonyms ("Sphenodon" is a member of...):

order Rhynchocephalia; Rhynchocephalia (tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic)