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SCELOPORUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sceloporus mean?
• SCELOPORUS (noun)
The noun SCELOPORUS has 1 sense:
1. spiny lizards
Familiarity information: SCELOPORUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny lizards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sceloporus; Sceloporus
Hypernyms ("Sceloporus" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Sceloporus"):
spiny lizard (any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America)
Holonyms ("Sceloporus" is a member of...):
family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)
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