Rhynchocephalia
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Rhynchocephalia
(′riŋ·kō·sə′fāl·yə)
(vertebrate zoology) An order of lepidosaurian reptiles represented by a single living species, Sphenodon punctatus, and characterized by a diapsid skull, teeth fused to the edges of the jaws, and an overhanging beak formed by the upper jaw.
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