English noun: tuatara | |||
1. | tuatara (animal) only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand | ||
Synonyms | Sphenodon punctatum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diapsid, diapsid reptile | ||
Member meronym | genus Sphenodon, Sphenodon | ||