GENUS DIPSOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dipsosaurus mean? 

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

1. desert iguanas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DIPSOSAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Desert iguanas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dipsosaurus; genus Dipsosaurus

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dipsosaurus"):

desert iguana; Dipsosaurus dorsalis (small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico)

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

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