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SCELOPORUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spiny lizards

Synonyms:

genus Sceloporus; Sceloporus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Sceloporus"):

spiny lizard (any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America)

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

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

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