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DIPSOSAURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipsosaurus mean?
• DIPSOSAURUS (noun)
The noun DIPSOSAURUS has 1 sense:
1. desert iguanas
Familiarity information: DIPSOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Desert iguanas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dipsosaurus; genus Dipsosaurus
Hypernyms ("Dipsosaurus" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Dipsosaurus"):
desert iguana; Dipsosaurus dorsalis (small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico)
Holonyms ("Dipsosaurus" is a member of...):
family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)
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