Definition of lepidosauria Lepidosauria

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What does lepidosauria mean?

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Noun

lepidosauria - diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras
  subclass Lepidosauria
  class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
  class reptilia, reptilia class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
  order rhynchocephalia, rhynchocephalia tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • lepidosauria (n. pl.)
    A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • lepidosauria
    lep-i-do-sawr′i-a, n. a sub-class or sub-order of Reptilia, with scales and plates—the ophidians and lacertilians, not crocodilians and chelonians. [Gr. lepis, a scale, sauros, a lizard.]

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