Akademik

Anguidae

noun

alligator lizards

• Syn: ↑family Anguidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑anguid lizard, ↑Gerrhonotus, ↑genus Gerrhonotus, ↑Anguis, ↑genus Anguis, ↑Ophisaurus, ↑genus Ophisaurus

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\\ˈaŋgwəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of lizards some of which are limbless and all of which are entirely harmless and useful as destroyers of slugs, worms, and insects — compare blindworm

Useful english dictionary. 2012.