noun
legless lizards
• Syn: ↑family Anniellidae
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauria, ↑suborder Sauria, ↑Lacertilia, ↑suborder Lacertilia
• Member Meronyms: ↑legless lizard
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\\ˌanēˈeləˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Anniella, type genus (irregular from Spanish aniello, anillo ring, from Latin anellus small ring) + -idae — more at annelida
: a family of degenerate wormlike California lizards apparently closely related to the Anguidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.