Meaning of Tuatara | Babel Free
tuːəˈtɑːɹəDefinitions
A reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, native to New Zealand, that resembles a lizard and is the only surviving specimen of the order Rhynchocephalia.
Equivalents
العربية
تيوتارا - أحد الزّواحف الليلية
Deutsch
Brückenechse
Español
tuátara
Suomi
tuatara
Français
sphénodon
日本語
ムカシトカゲ
Te Reo Māori
tuatara
Nederlands
brughagedis
Examples
“In New Zealand the dinosaurs had perished 65 million years before, as they had elsewhere on the globe; but the sphenodons or tuataras who had been their contemporaries from Jurassic times persisted, in New Zealand but nowhere else, for reasons that remain obscure.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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