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GENUS AGAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Agama mean? 

GENUS AGAMA (noun)
  The noun GENUS AGAMA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Agamidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS AGAMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS AGAMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Agamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Agama" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Agama"):

agama (small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World)

Holonyms ("genus Agama" is a member of...):

Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)


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