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SPHENODON PUNCTATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphenodon punctatum mean? 

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

1. only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealandplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SPHENODON PUNCTATUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Sphenodon punctatum; tuatara

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

diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

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

genus Sphenodon; Sphenodon (coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras)


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