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GERRHONOTUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Alligator lizards

Synonyms:

genus Gerrhonotus; Gerrhonotus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gerrhonotus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Gerrhonotus"):

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

Holonyms ("Gerrhonotus" is a member of...):

Anguidae; family Anguidae (alligator lizards)

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