cordylidae

English Thesaurus

1. small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cordylus, genus cordylus,
definition	:	type genus of the Cordylidae; spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	lacertilia, sauria, suborder lacertilia, suborder sauria,
definition	:	true lizards; including chameleons and geckos (noun.animal)