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Noun: Sphenodon punctatum
  1. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
    - tuatara

Type of: diapsid, diapsid reptile

Part of: genus Sphenodon, Sphenodon

Nearest

Sphecoidea
Sphecotheres
sphene
sphenion
Spheniscidae
sphenisciform seabird
Sphenisciformes
Spheniscus
Spheniscus demersus
Sphenodon
Sphenodon punctatum
sphenoid
sphenoid bone
sphenoid fontanel
sphenoid fontanelle
sphenoidal
sphenoidal fontanel
sphenoidal fontanelle
Sphenopsida
spheral
sphere