Definitions for tuatara

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tuatara tu·a·ta·ra

Spelling: [too-uh-tahr-uh]

IPA: /ˌtu əˈtɑr ə/

Tuatara is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in tuatara (aaarttu).

Definitions for tuatara

noun

1. a large, primarily nocturnal, lizardlike reptile, Sphenodon punctatum, of islands near the coast of New Zealand: the only surviving rhynchocephalian.

Origin of tuatara

1810-20; Maori, equivalent to tua dorsal + tara spine