diapsid

diapsid
/duy ap"sid/, adj.
1. (of reptiles) having two openings in the skull behind each eye, characteristic of the subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria, including all living reptiles except turtles.
n.
2. a diapsid reptile. Cf. anapsid.
[ < NL Diapsida (1903); see DI-1, ANAPSID]

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