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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 Sauria
Familiarity information: AGAMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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