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FAMILY TEIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Whiptails; etc.

Synonyms:

family Teiidae; Teiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Teiidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Teiidae"):

teiid; teiid lizard (tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail)

Cnemidophorus; genus Cnemidophorus (whiptails)

genus Tupinambis; Tupinambis (tejus)

Holonyms ("family Teiidae" is a member of...):

Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)

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