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sphenodon


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sphenodon  \Sphe"no*don\,  n.  [Gr.  sfh`n  a  wedge  +  ???,  ???,  a 
  tooth.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Same  as  {Hatteria}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hatteria  \Hat*te"ri*a\,  n.  [NL.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  New  Zealand  lizard,  which  in  anatomical  character,  differs 
  widely  from  all  other  existing  lizards.  It  is  the  only  living 
  representative  of  the  order  Rhynchocephala,  of  which  many 
  Mesozoic  fossil  species  are  known  --  called  also 
  {Sphenodon},  and  {Tuatera}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Sphenodon 
  n  :  coextensive  with  the  order  Rhynchocephalia:  tuataras  [syn:  {Sphenodon}, 
  {genus  Sphenodon}] 




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