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LACERTIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World lizards

Synonyms:

family Lacertidae; Lacertidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Lacertidae"):

lacertid; lacertid lizard (Old World terrestrial lizard)

genus Lacerta; Lacerta (type genus of the Lacertidae)

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

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

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