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LACERTILIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
True lizards; including chameleons and geckos
Synonyms:
Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lacertilia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Lacertilia"):
family Varanidae; Varanidae (monitor lizards)
Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleontidae; family Rhiptoglossa; Rhiptoglossa (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)
family Lacertidae; Lacertidae (Old World lizards)
family Helodermatidae; Helodermatidae (only known venomous lizards)
family Lanthanotidae; Lanthanotidae (stout-bodied lizards)
Anniellidae; family Anniellidae (legless lizards)
family Xenosauridae; Xenosauridae (monotypic family of Mexican lizards)
Anguidae; family Anguidae (alligator lizards)
Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)
family Teiidae; Teiidae (whiptails; etc.)
Cordylidae; family Cordylidae (small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards)
family Scincidae; Scincidae (skinks)
family Xantusiidae; Xantusiidae (night lizards)
Amphisbaenidae; family Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards)
family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)
family Pygopodidae; Pygopodidae (Australian and Tasmanian lizards)
family Gekkonidae; Gekkonidae (geckos)
saurian (any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs)
Holonyms ("Lacertilia" is a member of...):
order Squamata; Squamata (diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards)
Derivation:
lacertilian (of or relating to lizards)
