ALLIGATOR LIZARD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("alligator lizard" is a kind of...):

anguid lizard (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)

Holonyms ("alligator lizard" is a member of...):

genus Gerrhonotus; Gerrhonotus (alligator lizards)

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