Crossword-Solution: TUATARA
We have 7 clues for the answer “TUATARA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Descendant of earliest reptile. | 1 answer |
| Iguanalike reptile, only survivor of prehistoric order. | 1 answer |
| Reptile of New Zealand | 1 answer |
| sphenodon | 1 answer |
| LIZARD, primitive | 2 answers |
| Iguana | 7 answers |
| Lizard. | 41 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TUATARA (4)
They multiplied apace, served for food and sport both to the natives and the early settlers, and destroyed the ancient Triassic reptile, the Tuatara, which only survives now on rocky islands near the coast.
There have also been discovered the remains of a species of swan belonging to the South American genus _Chenopis_, and of the tuatara (_Hatteria_) lizard, the unique species of an ancient family now surviving only in New Zealand.
The tuatara of New Zealand, however, lays but ten--white hard-shelled, long and oval--at intervals between November and January.
Allan Thomson tells me, are the bane of the island sanctuaries of New Zealand, being present on Kapiti Island, Little Barrier Island, and Stephen Island, in which last they kill and eat the tuatara.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1953–1999).