AGAMID LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agamid lizard mean? 

• AGAMID LIZARD (noun)
  The noun AGAMID LIZARD has 1 sense:

1. a lizard of the family Agamidae

  Familiarity information: AGAMID LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGAMID LIZARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lizard of the family Agamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

agamid; agamid lizard

Hypernyms ("agamid lizard" is a kind of...):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agamid lizard"):

agama (small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World)

Chlamydosaurus kingi; frilled lizard (large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck)

dragon; flying dragon; flying lizard (any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body)

moloch (any lizard of the genus Moloch)

Holonyms ("agamid lizard" is a member of...):

Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)