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Ophisaurus

noun

glass lizards

• Syn: ↑genus Ophisaurus

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anguidae, ↑family Anguidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑glass lizard, ↑glass snake, ↑joint snake

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\\ˌäfəˈsȯrəs, ˌōf-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ophi- + -saurus

: a genus of lizards comprising the glass snakes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.