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ANGUID LIZARD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("anguid lizard" is a kind of...):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anguid lizard"):

alligator lizard (slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America)

Anguis fragilis; blindworm; slowworm (small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind)

glass lizard; glass snake; joint snake (snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail)

Holonyms ("anguid lizard" is a member of...):

Anguidae; family Anguidae (alligator lizards)

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