diapsid

Definitions


[dʌɪˈapsɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a reptile of a large group characterized by the presence of two temporal openings in the skull, including the lizards, snakes, crocodiles, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs


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Origin:
early 20th century: from modern Latin Diapsida, from di- ‘two’ + Greek apsis, apsid- ‘arch’




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