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tuatara |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tuatara \Tu`a*ta"ra\, n. [Maori tuat[`a]ra; tua on the farther side (the back) + tara spine.] A large iguanalike reptile ({Sphenodon punctatum}) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back except on the neck. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tuatara n : only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand [syn: {Sphenodon punctatum}]
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