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Crotaphytus

noun

collared lizards

• Syn: ↑genus Crotaphytus

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Iguanidae, ↑family Iguanidae, ↑Iguania, ↑family Iguania

• Member Meronyms: ↑collared lizard

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\\ˌkrōd.əˈfīd.əs, ˌkräd.-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek krotaphitēs of the temples, from krotaphos temple + -itēs -ite; akin to Greek krotein to clap — more at crotal

: a genus of lizards (family Iguanidae) of the southern and western United States including the collared lizard

Useful english dictionary. 2012.