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platynotid

platynotid noun: a member of the clade Platynota of anguimorph lizards.

Noun

platynotid (plural platynotids)

  1. A member of the clade Platynota of anguimorph lizards.
    • Autotomy has such an obvious survival value that it is interesting to inquire why the ability to perform has been lost, reduced, or never gained in such groups as agamids, some iguanids, chameleons, a few geckos and skinks, and all platynotids.1995, Ambika Prasad Diwan, Embryology of Reptiles, page 150
    • Mosaursaurids^([sic]) are fossil marine lizards (DeBraga and Carroll, 1993) part of the varanoid (platynotid) clade within Anguimorpha (Lee, 1997).2001, Hiran M. Dutta, Vertebrate Functional Morphology

Forms of platynotid

pluralplatynotids

Questions about platynotid

What does platynotid mean?
Platynotid means a member of the clade Platynota of anguimorph lizards.
What part of speech is platynotid?
Platynotid is a noun.
What is the plural of platynotid?
The plural of platynotid is platynotids.

Words near platynotid in the dictionary

  1. platymeter
  2. platymeters
  3. platynite
  4. platynotan
  5. platynotans
  6. platynotid
  7. platynotids
  8. platyopuntia
  9. platyopuntias
  10. platypellic
  11. platypelloid

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