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UROSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Urosaurus mean? 

UROSAURUS (noun)
  The noun UROSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. a reptile genus of Iguanidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UROSAURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile genus of Iguanidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Urosaurus; Urosaurus

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Urosaurus"):

tree lizard; Urosaurus ornatus (a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico)

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

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


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