noun
crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels
• Hypernyms: ↑teiid lizard, ↑teiid
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a crocodilelike lizard, Dracaena guianensis, of South America, having powerful jaws for crushing the snails and mussels upon which it feeds.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.