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ANGUIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anguidae mean?
• ANGUIDAE (noun)
The noun ANGUIDAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ANGUIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alligator lizards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anguidae; family Anguidae
Hypernyms ("Anguidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Anguidae"):
anguid lizard (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)
genus Gerrhonotus; Gerrhonotus (alligator lizards)
Anguis; genus Anguis (type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms)
genus Ophisaurus; Ophisaurus (glass lizards)
Holonyms ("Anguidae" is a member of...):
Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)
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