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CNEMIDOPHORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cnemidophorus mean? 

CNEMIDOPHORUS (noun)
  The noun CNEMIDOPHORUS has 1 sense:

1. whiptailsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CNEMIDOPHORUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Whiptails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cnemidophorus; genus Cnemidophorus

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Cnemidophorus"):

whiptail; whiptail lizard (any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards)

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

family Teiidae; Teiidae (whiptails; etc.)


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