Definition
A reptile characterized by having two temporal fenestrae (openings) on each side of the skull behind the eye socket. This group includes lizards, snakes, crocodiles, birds, and many extinct reptiles like dinosaurs.
Etymology
From Greek 'di-' meaning two and 'apsid' from 'apsis' meaning arch or vault, referring to the skull openings. The term was coined in 1903 by paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn to classify reptiles based on skull structure.
Kelly Says
Birds are actually diapsids, making them more closely related to crocodiles than crocodiles are to turtles! The two skull openings that define diapsids originally provided attachment points for jaw muscles, but in birds they've been modified or lost entirely through evolution.
Translations
ARالعربية
ثنائيات الفك
ṯunāʾiyyāt al-fak
BNবাংলা
ডায়াপসিড
ḍāyāpsid
CSČeština
diapsidi
dijapsidi
DADansk
diapsider
diˈapsɪðɐ
DEDeutsch
Diapsida
diˈapzida
ELΕλληνικά
διαψίδια
ðiaˈpsidia
ESEspañol
diapsida
diaˈpsida
FISuomi
diapsidit
diˈapsidit
FRFrançais
diapside
dja.psid
HEעברית
דו-קשתיים
du-qashṭayim
HIहिन्दी
डायप्सिड
ḍāyapsid
HUMagyar
diapszidák
diˈapsi.daːk
IDBahasa Indonesia
diapsida
di.aˈpsida
ITItaliano
diapsidi
djaˈpsidi
KMKM
សត្វល្មូន
sɑtw lmuːn
KO한국어
쌍아치류
ssang-achi-ryu
MSBahasa Melayu
diapsida
di.aˈpsida
MYမြန်မာ
နှစ်ချောင်း
hnaiʔ t͡ʃʰaʊŋ
NLNederlands
diapsiden
diˈɑpsidən
NONorsk
diapsider
diˈapsɪdər
PLPolski
diapsydy
dʲapsɨdɨ
PTPortuguês
diapsida
di.aˈpsidɐ
RORomână
diapside
di.aˈpside
RUРусский
диапсиды
dʲɪapˈsʲidɨ
SVSvenska
diapsider
diˈapsɪdɛr
SWKiswahili
diapsidi
di.aˈpsidi
TAதமிழ்
இருபட்டைகள்
irupaṭṭaikaḷ
TEతెలుగు
డయాప్సిడ్
ḍayāpsid
THไทย
สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน
sàt lʉ́a kʰlɑːn
TRTürkçe
diapsid
diˈapsid
UKУкраїнська
діапсиди
dʲiapˈsɪdɪ
VITiếng Việt
đôi cung
đôi kung
ZH中文
双弓纲
shuāng gōng gāng