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Answer for the clue "Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull ", 7 letters:
anapsid

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles [syn: anapsid reptile ] [ant: diapsid ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An anapsid is an amniote whose skull does not have openings near the temples . Traditionally, the Anapsida are the most primitive subclass of reptiles , the ancestral stock from which Synapsida and Diapsida evolved, making anapsids paraphyletic . It is ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) Any amniote whose skull does not have openings near the temples.

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Synapsids were one of the four main divisions of early reptilian life, the others being anapsids, euryapsids, and diapsids.