ANAPSIDA


Meaning of ANAPSIDA in English

-sədə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from an- + -apsida (from Greek apsid-, apsis mesh, loop, net)

: a subclass of Reptilia comprising primitive forms in which the skull lacks temporal openings and including chiefly Permian forms with the turtles as its only present representatives

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