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AGAMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agamidae mean? 

AGAMIDAE (noun)
  The noun AGAMIDAE has 1 sense:

1. an Old World reptile family of Sauriaplay

  Familiarity information: AGAMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AGAMIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Old World reptile family of Sauria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agamidae; family Agamidae

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Agamidae"):

agamid; agamid lizard (a lizard of the family Agamidae)

genus Agama (type genus of the Agamidae)

Chlamydosaurus; genus Chlamydosaurus (frilled lizards)

Draco; genus Draco (a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards)

genus Moloch (genus of Australian desert lizard)

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

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


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