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Webster 1913 Edition
Hatteria
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Hat-te′ri-a
(hăt-tē′rĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order
Rhynchocephala
, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; – called also Sphenodon
, tuatara
, and Tuatera
.