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Meaning Of Rhynchocephala
n. pl.
An order of reptiles having biconcave
vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar
osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but
numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest
of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia.