tuatara
noun
a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
tuatera
-
a variation of
tuatara.
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They were actually remotely related to the tuatera lizard of New Zealand, and still more remotely to the true lizards.
From Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by Henry Fairfield Osborn
