英语词汇“diapsid reptile”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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diapsid reptile

n reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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diapsid

anapsid, anapsid reptile

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

Sphenodon punctatum, tuatara

only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand

saurian

any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs

archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile

extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

crocodilian, crocodilian reptile

extant archosaurian reptile

ophidian, serpent, snake

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

lizard

relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

crocodile

large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters

Tomistoma schlegeli, false gavial

crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial

alligator, gator

either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts

caiman, cayman

a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly

Gavialis gangeticus, gavial

large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout

dinosaur

any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era

flying reptile, pterosaur

an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb

thecodont, thecodont reptile

presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds

ichthyosaur

any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs

plesiosaur, plesiosaurus

extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous

nothosaur

extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming

colubrid, colubrid snake

mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

blind snake, worm snake

wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes

constrictor

any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

elapid, elapid snake

any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres

sea snake

any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom

viper

venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

reptile, reptilian

any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

单词	diapsid reptile
释义	diapsid reptile (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY diapsid reptile n reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye Syn\|Ant\|Hypo\|Hyper diapsid anapsid, anapsid reptile primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles Sphenodon punctatum, tuatara only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand saurian any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts crocodilian, crocodilian reptile extant archosaurian reptile ophidian, serpent, snake limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous lizard relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail crocodile large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters Tomistoma schlegeli, false gavial crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial alligator, gator either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts caiman, cayman a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly Gavialis gangeticus, gavial large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout dinosaur any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era flying reptile, pterosaur an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb thecodont, thecodont reptile presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds ichthyosaur any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs plesiosaur, plesiosaurus extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous nothosaur extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming colubrid, colubrid snake mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes blind snake, worm snake wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes constrictor any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils elapid, elapid snake any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres sea snake any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom viper venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw reptile, reptilian any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
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