DIAPSID


Meaning of DIAPSID in English

/duy ap"sid/ , adj.

1. (of reptiles) having two openings in the skull behind each eye, characteristic of the subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria, including all living reptiles except turtles.

n.

2. a diapsid reptile. Cf. anapsid .

[ Diapsida (1903); see DI- 1 , ANAPSID ]

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