PYGOPODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pygopodidae mean? 

• PYGOPODIDAE (noun)
  The noun PYGOPODIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Australian and Tasmanian lizards

  Familiarity information: PYGOPODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYGOPODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian and Tasmanian lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pygopodidae; Pygopodidae

Hypernyms ("Pygopodidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Pygopodidae"):

genus Pygopus; Pygopus (type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs)

Holonyms ("Pygopodidae" is a member of...):

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