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Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
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tuatara
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Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand and which, although resembling most lizards , are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia . Their name derives from the Māori language , and means "peaks on the back". The single species of tuatara ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
New Zealand lizard, 1844, from Maori, from tua "on the back" + tara "spine."
Wiktionary
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n. Either of two reptiles, ''Sphenodon punctatus'' or ''Sphenodon guntheri'', native to New Zealand, that resemble lizards.
WordNet
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n. only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand [syn: Sphenodon punctatum ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Hatteria \Hat*te"ri*a\ (h[a^]t*t[=e]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala , of which many ...
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INCLINE to the belief that Tuatara, if it had ever been abundant on the South Island, would still be there.
Intelligence is an adaptation that has proven very useful to our species, but many other species, from bacteria to ants to dinosaurs to the three-eyed tuatara of New Zealand have gotten along quite successfully for tens and even hundreds of millions of years without a human level of intelligence.
These marine birds nest in burrows which they dig, but the Tuataras move in on them.