Akademik

Anolis

noun

New World chameleons

• Syn: ↑genus Anolis

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑American chameleon, ↑anole, ↑Anolis carolinensis

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\\əˈnōlə̇s, ˈanə-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from French anolis

: a genus of small American pleurodont lizards (family Iguanidae) comprising the New World chameleons that have the power of changing color like the true chameleons of the Old World

Useful english dictionary. 2012.