transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtü-ə-ˈtär-ə ]
noun
( plural -tara or -taras )
Etymology: Maori tuatàra
Date: 1890
: a large spiny quadrupedal reptile ( Sphenodon punctatum ) of islands off the coast of New Zealand that has a vestigial third eye in the middle of the forehead representing the pineal gland and that is the only surviving rhynchocephalian