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Agamidae

noun

an Old World reptile family of Sauria

• Syn: ↑family Agamidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauria, ↑suborder Sauria, ↑Lacertilia, ↑suborder Lacertilia

• Member Meronyms:

↑agamid, ↑agamid lizard, ↑genus Agama, ↑Chlamydosaurus, ↑genus Chlamydosaurus, ↑Draco, ↑genus Draco, ↑genus Moloch

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\\əˈgaməˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Agama, type genus + -idae

: a widely distributed family of Old World lizards related to the New World iguanas but distinguished by acrodont dentition and including arboreal, terrestrial, and semiaquatic forms most of which are insectivorous (as the frilled lizard, the flying dragon, and the Australian moloch)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.