genus sphenodon

English Thesaurus

1. coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	sphenodon punctatum, tuatara,
definition	:	only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order rhynchocephalia, rhynchocephalia,
definition	:	tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic (noun.animal)