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SUBCLASS DIAPSIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Diapsida mean? 

SUBCLASS DIAPSIDA (noun)
  The noun SUBCLASS DIAPSIDA has 1 sense:

1. used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauriaplay

  Familiarity information: SUBCLASS DIAPSIDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBCLASS DIAPSIDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Diapsida; subclass Diapsida

Hypernyms ("subclass Diapsida" is a kind of...):

reptile; reptilian (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms)


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