TEIID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teiid mean? 

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

1. tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEIID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

teiid; teiid lizard

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

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teiid"):

whiptail; whiptail lizard (any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards)

teju (large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food)

caiman lizard (crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels)

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

family Teiidae; Teiidae (whiptails; etc.)