NOUN | animal | teiid lizard, teiid | tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail |
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Meaning | Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail. | |
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Synonym | teiid | |
Member of | Teiidae, family Teiidae | whiptails |
Narrower | caiman lizard | crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails / snails and mussels |
teju | large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard | |
whiptail, whiptail lizard | Any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards | |
Broader | lizard | relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail |
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