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See tuatara.

[New Latin Sphnodn, genus name : spheno- + -odon.]

sphenodon [ˈsfiːnəˌdɒn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the technical name for the tuatara

[from Greek sphēn a wedge + odōn a tooth]

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Sphenodon - coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras

genus Sphenodon

reptile genus - a genus of reptiles

order Rhynchocephalia, Rhynchocephalia - tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic

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

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