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Descendant of earliest reptile
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tuatara
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Tuatara – A Flying Nun Compilation is a compilation of previously released songs by artists on New Zealand based Flying Nun Records . It was released as a vinyl album by Flying Nun in 1985 (catalogue number FN045) and on CD with additional tracks. The Chills ...
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 ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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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.
Usage examples of tuatara.
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.