See Also: Robinocracy(dictionary)

anapsid (iou) and Robinocracy (iou)


anapsid (iou)



anapsid adjective & noun. M20.
[mod. Latin Anapsida pl. (see below), formed as AN-5 + Greek (h)apsid-, (h)apsis arch: see -ID3.]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the subclass Anapsida of reptiles lacking temporal openings in the skull. M20.
b. noun. An anapsid reptile. M20.

Robinocracy (iou)



Robinocracy noun. E18.
[from male forename Robin (put for Robert: see below) + -O- + -CRACY.]
Hist. The regime of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), the predominant figure in British Politics between 1721 and 1742; the clique led by Walpole; the period of Walpole's supremacy.