DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipsosaurus dorsalis mean? 

• DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS (noun)
  The noun DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS has 1 sense:

1. small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico

  Familiarity information: DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

desert iguana; Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Hypernyms ("Dipsosaurus dorsalis" 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 ("Dipsosaurus dorsalis" is a member of...):

Dipsosaurus; genus Dipsosaurus (desert iguanas)