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Chelonia
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Crocodilia
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Cynodontia
noun · 78% connection
a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Dinosaur
noun · 78% connection
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Dinosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike chara…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Division Cynodontia
noun · 78% connection
a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Exoskeleton
noun · 78% connection
The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Herpetology
noun · 78% connection
The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Hyrax
noun · 78% connection
Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Ibis
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous specie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Ichneumon
noun · 78% connection
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian spec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Ichthyosauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been foun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Ichthyosaurus
noun · 78% connection
An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Kingfisher
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Laelaps
noun · 78% connection
A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Leech
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Lizard
noun · 78% connection
Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
Mosasauria
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, reptiles, order, testudinata.
