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Anapsid

adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass not-comparable

    "The anapsid skull: snub-nosed like an artillery shell, shockingly powerful and primitive."

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of this group of reptiles, including the turtles, tortoises and terrapins.
  2. 2
    primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From scientific Latin Anapsida, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch”).

Etymology 2

From scientific Latin Anapsida, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch”).

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