suborder lacertilia
English Thesaurus
1. true lizards; including chameleons and geckos (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | saurian, |
| definition | : | any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gekkonidae, gekkonidae, |
| definition | : | geckos (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family pygopodidae, pygopodidae, |
| definition | : | Australian and Tasmanian lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae, |
| definition | : | New World lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | amphisbaenidae, family amphisbaenidae, |
| definition | : | worm lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family xantusiidae, xantusiidae, |
| definition | : | night lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family scincidae, scincidae, |
| definition | : | skinks (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cordylidae, family cordylidae, |
| definition | : | small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family teiidae, teiidae, |
| definition | : | whiptails; etc. (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | agamidae, family agamidae, |
| definition | : | an Old World reptile family of Sauria (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anguidae, family anguidae, |
| definition | : | alligator lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family xenosauridae, xenosauridae, |
| definition | : | monotypic family of Mexican lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anniellidae, family anniellidae, |
| definition | : | legless lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family lanthanotidae, lanthanotidae, |
| definition | : | stout-bodied lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family helodermatidae, helodermatidae, |
| definition | : | only known venomous lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family lacertidae, lacertidae, |
| definition | : | Old World lizards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | chamaeleonidae, chamaeleontidae, family chamaeleonidae, family chamaeleontidae, family rhiptoglossa, rhiptoglossa, |
| definition | : | Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family varanidae, varanidae, |
| definition | : | monitor lizards (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | order squamata, squamata, |
| definition | : | diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | lacertilian, saurian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to lizards (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | lacertilian, saurian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to lizards (adj.pert) |
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