CALLISAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Callisaurus mean? 

• CALLISAURUS (noun)
  The noun CALLISAURUS has 1 sense:

1. zebra-tailed lizard

  Familiarity information: CALLISAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALLISAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Zebra-tailed lizard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callisaurus; genus Callisaurus

Hypernyms ("Callisaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Callisaurus"):

Callisaurus draconoides; gridiron-tailed lizard; zebra-tailed lizard (swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico)

Holonyms ("Callisaurus" is a member of...):

family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)