reptile : Idioms & Phrases
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age of reptiles
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noun from 230 million to 63 million years ago
Mesozoic era; Mesozoic.
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anapsid reptile
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noun primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles
anapsid.
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archosaurian reptile
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noun extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
archosaurian; archosaur.
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chelonian reptile
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noun a reptile of the order Chelonia
chelonian.
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crocodilian reptile
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noun extant archosaurian reptile
crocodilian.
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diapsid reptile
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noun reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
diapsid.
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flying reptile
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noun an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
pterosaur.
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reptile family
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noun a family of reptiles
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reptile genus
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noun a genus of reptiles
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synapsid reptile
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noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
synapsid.
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thecodont reptile
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noun presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds
thecodont.
