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CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Callisaurus draconoides mean? 

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

1. swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexicoplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callisaurus draconoides; gridiron-tailed lizard; zebra-tailed lizard

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

iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)

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

Callisaurus; genus Callisaurus (zebra-tailed lizard)


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