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REPTILE FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of reptiles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reptile family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reptile family"):
family Varanidae; Varanidae (monitor lizards)
Crocodylidae; family Crocodylidae (true crocodiles)
Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae (alligators; caimans)
family Gavialidae; Gavialidae (gavials)
Ceratopsidae; family Ceratopsidae (American ceratopsian dinosaurs)
family Hadrosauridae; Hadrosauridae (duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous)
family Iguanodontidae; Iguanodontidae (iguanodons)
family Titanosauridae; Titanosauridae (herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous)
family Megalosauridae; Megalosauridae (megalosaurs)
Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae (swift-running bipedal dinosaurs)
Edaphosauridae; family Edaphosauridae (a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria)
family Pterodactylidae; Pterodactylidae (a reptile family in the order Pterosauria)
family Ichthyosauridae; Ichthyosauridae (later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres)
Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)
family Typhlopidae; Typhlopidae; family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae (blind snakes)
Boidae; family Boidae (boas and pythons)
Pythoninae; subfamily Pythoninae (Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae)
family Pythonidae; Pythonidae (in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas)
Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)
family Hydrophidae; Hydrophidae (sea snakes)
family Viperidae; Viperidae (Old World vipers)
Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)
Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)
Dermochelyidae; family Dermochelyidae (sea turtles)
Chelydridae; family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
family Kinosternidae; Kinosternidae (mud turtles; musk turtles)
Emydidae; family Emydidae (box and water turtles)
family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)
family Trionychidae; Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtles)
family Gekkonidae; Gekkonidae (geckos)
family Pygopodidae; Pygopodidae (Australian and Tasmanian lizards)
family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)
Amphisbaenidae; family Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards)
family Xantusiidae; Xantusiidae (night lizards)
family Scincidae; Scincidae (skinks)
family Teiidae; Teiidae (whiptails; etc.)
Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)
Anguidae; family Anguidae (alligator lizards)
family Xenosauridae; Xenosauridae (monotypic family of Mexican lizards)
Anniellidae; family Anniellidae (legless lizards)
family Lanthanotidae; Lanthanotidae (stout-bodied lizards)
family Helodermatidae; Helodermatidae (only known venomous lizards)
family Lacertidae; Lacertidae (Old World lizards)
Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleontidae; family Rhiptoglossa; Rhiptoglossa (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)
Holonyms ("reptile family" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
