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anapsid

anapsid adjective: pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass.

Adjective

anapsid (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass
    • The anapsid skull: snub-nosed like an artillery shell, shockingly powerful and primitive.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 186

Noun

anapsid (plural anapsids)

  1. A member of this group of reptiles, including the turtles, tortoises and terrapins.

Forms of anapsid

pluralanapsids

Origin of anapsid

From scientific Latin Anapsida, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch”).

Questions about anapsid

What does anapsid mean?
Anapsid means pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass.
What part of speech is anapsid?
Anapsid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anapsid in the dictionary

  1. Anapra
  2. anaprotaspid
  3. anaprotaspides
  4. anaprotaspids
  5. anaprotaspis
  6. anapsid
  7. anapsids
  8. anaptomorphine
  9. anaptomorphines
  10. anaptotic
  11. anaptychi

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