Associations to the word «Anapsid»

Wiktionary

ANAPSID, noun. (zoology) Any amniote whose skull does not have openings near the temples.

Dictionary definition

ANAPSID, noun. Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley