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sphenodontid

sphenodontid noun: any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon).

Noun

sphenodontid (plural sphenodontids)

  1. Any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon).
    Synonyms:
    sphenodont

Synonyms of sphenodontid

Forms of sphenodontid

pluralsphenodontids

Questions about sphenodontid

What does sphenodontid mean?
Sphenodontid means any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon).
What part of speech is sphenodontid?
Sphenodontid is a noun.
What is the plural of sphenodontid?
The plural of sphenodontid is sphenodontids.

Words near sphenodontid in the dictionary

  1. sphenodon
  2. sphenodons
  3. sphenodont
  4. sphenodontian
  5. sphenodontians
  6. sphenodontid
  7. sphenodontids
  8. sphenodontine
  9. sphenodontines
  10. sphenodonts
  11. sphenoethmoid

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