FAMILY IGUANIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Iguanidae mean? 

• FAMILY IGUANIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY IGUANIDAE has 1 sense:

1. New World lizards

  Familiarity information: FAMILY IGUANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY IGUANIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae

Hypernyms ("family Iguanidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Iguanidae"):

genus Holbrookia; Holbrookia (earless lizards)

Anolis; genus Anolis (New World chameleons)

Basiliscus; genus Basiliscus (a reptile genus of Iguanidae)

genus Phrynosoma; Phrynosoma (horned lizards)

genus Urosaurus; Urosaurus; genus Uta; Uta (a reptile genus of Iguanidae)

genus Sceloporus; Sceloporus (spiny lizards)

Gambelia; genus Gambelia (leopard lizards)

Crotaphytus; genus Crotaphytus (collared lizards)

genus Uma; Uma (fringe-toed lizard)

Callisaurus; genus Callisaurus (zebra-tailed lizard)

genus Sauromalus; Sauromalus (chuckwallas)

Dipsosaurus; genus Dipsosaurus (desert iguanas)

Amblyrhynchus; genus Amblyrhynchus (marine iguanas)

genus Iguana (type genus of the Iguanidae)

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 ("family Iguanidae" is a member of...):

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