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Word: Diapsid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from modern Latin Diapsida, from di- ‘two’ + Greek apsis, apsid- ‘arch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪˈapsɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:reptile of large group characterized by presence of two temporal openings in skull
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