English > Lacertilia: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | true lizards; including chameleons and geckos. |
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| Synonyms | Sauria, suborder Sauria, suborder Lacertilia |
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| Member of | Squamata, order Squamata | diapsid reptiles |
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| Members | Agamidae, family Agamidae | An Old World reptile family of Sauria |
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| Amphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae | worm lizards |
| Anguidae, family Anguidae | alligator lizards |
| Anniellidae, family Anniellidae | legless lizards |
| Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleontidae, Chamaeleonidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa | Old World chameleons |
| Cordylidae, family Cordylidae | small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards |
| Gekkonidae, family Gekkonidae | geckos |
| Helodermatidae, family Helodermatidae | Only known venomous lizards |
| Iguanidae, family Iguanidae, Iguania, family Iguania | New World lizards |
| Lacertidae, family Lacertidae | Old World lizards |
| Lanthanotidae, family Lanthanotidae | stout-bodied lizards |
| Pygopodidae, family Pygopodidae | Australian and Tasmanian lizards |
| Scincidae, family Scincidae | skinks |
| Teiidae, family Teiidae | whiptails |
| Varanidae, family Varanidae | monitor lizards |
| Xantusiidae, family Xantusiidae | night lizards |
| Xenosauridae, family Xenosauridae | monotypic family of Mexican lizards |
| saurian | Any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | saurios |
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| Catalan | Lacertilia, saures, Sauria |
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| Adjectives | lacertilian | of or relating to lizards |
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