JOINT SNAKE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail

Synonyms:

glass lizard; glass snake; joint snake

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("joint snake" 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 ("joint snake" is a member of...):

genus Ophisaurus; Ophisaurus (glass lizards)

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