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TEJU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does teju mean?
• TEJU (noun)
The noun TEJU has 1 sense:
1. large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
Familiarity information: TEJU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("teju" is a kind of...):
teiid; teiid lizard (tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail)
Holonyms ("teju" is a member of...):
genus Tupinambis; Tupinambis (tejus)
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