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(zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon)..
Use sphenodontid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sphenodontid means (zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida or of the Sphenodontidae, the only family in the order with living species (tuataras in the genus Sphenodon)..
Common synonyms include sphenodont.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use sphenodontid where its definition matches the intended context.
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