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TEIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Teiidae mean?
• TEIIDAE (noun)
The noun TEIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. whiptails; etc.
Familiarity information: TEIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whiptails; etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Teiidae; Teiidae
Hypernyms ("Teiidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Teiidae"):
teiid; teiid lizard (tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail)
Cnemidophorus; genus Cnemidophorus (whiptails)
genus Tupinambis; Tupinambis (tejus)
Holonyms ("Teiidae" is a member of...):
Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)
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