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ANOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anole mean?
• ANOLE (noun)
The noun ANOLE has 1 sense:
1. small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
Familiarity information: ANOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American chameleon; anole; Anolis carolinensis
Hypernyms ("anole" is a kind of...):
iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)
Holonyms ("anole" is a member of...):
Anolis; genus Anolis (New World chameleons)
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