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XANTUSIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Xantusiidae mean?
• XANTUSIIDAE (noun)
The noun XANTUSIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. night lizards
Familiarity information: XANTUSIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Night lizards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Xantusiidae; Xantusiidae
Hypernyms ("Xantusiidae" is a kind of...):
reptile family (a family of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Xantusiidae"):
night lizard (small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young)
Holonyms ("Xantusiidae" is a member of...):
Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)
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