noun
whiptails; etc.
• Syn: ↑family Teiidae
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauria, ↑suborder Sauria, ↑Lacertilia, ↑suborder Lacertilia
• Member Meronyms: ↑teiid lizard, ↑teiid, ↑Cnemidophorus, ↑genus Cnemidophorus, ↑Tupinambis, ↑genus Tupinambis
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\\ˈtē(y)əˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Teius, type genus (from Portuguese tejú, teiú teju) + -idae — more at teju
: a family of mostly tropical American lizards (as the tejus of So. America and the race runner of the western United States) having a flat elongate scaly tongue that ends in two long smooth points
Useful english dictionary. 2012.