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单词 diapsid
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diapsid

/dʌɪˈapsɪd /
noun Zoology
A reptile of a large group characterized by the presence of two temporal openings in the skull, including the lizards, snakes, crocodiles, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs.
  • Sometimes placed in a subclass Diapsida.
It would not be safe to assume that the synapsid temporal fenestra is strictly homologous to the lower temporal fenestra of diapsids....
  • Adding to the controversy, several independent molecular analyses also regard turtles as diapsids.
  • The primitive reptiles were represented by lizard-like captorhinids and basal diapsids.

Origin

Early 20th century: from modern Latin Diapsida, from di-1 'two' + Greek apsis, apsid- 'arch'.

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