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    LACERTILIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    True lizards; including chameleons and geckosplay

    Synonyms:

    Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Lacertilia" is a kind of...):

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Lacertilia"):

    family Varanidae; Varanidae (monitor lizards)

    Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleontidae; family Rhiptoglossa; Rhiptoglossa (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)

    family Lacertidae; Lacertidae (Old World lizards)

    family Helodermatidae; Helodermatidae (only known venomous lizards)

    family Lanthanotidae; Lanthanotidae (stout-bodied lizards)

    Anniellidae; family Anniellidae (legless lizards)

    family Xenosauridae; Xenosauridae (monotypic family of Mexican lizards)

    Anguidae; family Anguidae (alligator lizards)

    Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)

    family Teiidae; Teiidae (whiptails; etc.)

    Cordylidae; family Cordylidae (small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards)

    family Scincidae; Scincidae (skinks)

    family Xantusiidae; Xantusiidae (night lizards)

    Amphisbaenidae; family Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards)

    family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)

    family Pygopodidae; Pygopodidae (Australian and Tasmanian lizards)

    family Gekkonidae; Gekkonidae (geckos)

    saurian (any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs)

    Holonyms ("Lacertilia" is a member of...):

    order Squamata; Squamata (diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards)

    Derivation:

    lacertilian (of or relating to lizards)

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