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Definition of Sphenodon
1. Noun. Coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Order Rhynchocephalia, Rhynchocephalia
Member holonyms: Sphenodon Punctatum, Tuatara
Definition of Sphenodon
1. n. Same as Hatteria.
Definition of Sphenodon
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sphenodon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphenodon
Literary usage of Sphenodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1887)
"Nach den 3 Exemplaren von sphenodon (eines davon, welches ich Herrn Prof.
BG Wilder in Ithaca verdanke, misst nur 210 mm), welche ich in Alkohol untersucht ..."
2. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1906)
"The relations of the posterior part of the organ to the septum in sphenodon are
typically mammalian. With regard to the structure of the ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Thus sphenodon alone possesses both foramina, the crocodiles neither. ...
The conditions prevailing in Lacertilia are connected with those of sphenodon. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The kidneys of sphenodon are very small and far removed from the generative organs.
The ureters open, each dose to the vas deferens of its side, ..."
5. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"The length, from the snout to the sacrum, could not have exceeded 280 millim.; so
that the animal was only a little larger than the specimen of sphenodon of ..."
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