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| rhyn·cho·ce·pha·lian [ rìngkō sə fáylyən ] |
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of nearly extinct reptile order: relating to an order of primitive reptiles resembling lizards with only one living representative, the tuatara of New Zealand. Order Rhynchocephalia.
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noun (plural rhyn·cho·ce·pha·lians) |
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nearly extinct reptile: a member of the rhynchocephalian order
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Rhyncocephalia< Greek rhugkhos "snout" + kephalē "head"] |
