GENUS CROTAPHYTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Crotaphytus mean? 

• GENUS CROTAPHYTUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CROTAPHYTUS has 1 sense:

1. collared lizards

  Familiarity information: GENUS CROTAPHYTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CROTAPHYTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Collared lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Crotaphytus; genus Crotaphytus

Hypernyms ("genus Crotaphytus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Crotaphytus"):

collared lizard (any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico)

Holonyms ("genus Crotaphytus" is a member of...):

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