tuatara

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori tuatara. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuːəˈtɑːɹə/ Hyphenation: tu‧a‧ta‧ra === Noun === tuatara (plural tuataras or tuatara) A reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, native to New Zealand, that resembles a lizard and is the only surviving specimen of the order Rhynchocephalia. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Sphenodon === Further reading === tuatara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Etymology === From Māori tuatara, probably via English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuɑtɑrɑ/, [ˈt̪uɑ̝ˌt̪ɑ̝rɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑrɑ Syllabification(key): tu‧a‧ta‧ra Hyphenation(key): tua‧ta‧ra === Noun === tuatara tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) synonym of alkulisko (“rhynchocephalian”) ==== Declension ==== == Māori == === Etymology === Said to be from tua (“on the back”) +‎ tara (“spike”). === Noun === tuatara tuatara == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori tuatara. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.aˈta.ra/ Rhymes: -ara Syllabification: tu‧a‧ta‧ra === Noun === tuatara f hatteria, tuatara Synonyms: hatteria, łupkoząb ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === tuatara in Polish dictionaries at PWN