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GENUS HOLBROOKIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Holbrookia mean?
• GENUS HOLBROOKIA (noun)
The noun GENUS HOLBROOKIA has 1 sense:
1. earless lizards
Familiarity information: GENUS HOLBROOKIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Earless lizards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Holbrookia; Holbrookia
Hypernyms ("genus Holbrookia" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Holbrookia"):
earless lizard (any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Holbrookia" is a member of...):
family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)
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