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a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
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Tuatara
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tuatara
New Zealand lizard, 1890, from Maori, from tua "on the back" + tara "spine."
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