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anoli, -is Zool.|əˈnəʊlɪ, -ɪs|
Also 8 annolis, anole.
[a. native name in the Antilles, anoli, anoalli; Fr. and mod.L. anolis.]
A genus of lizards of the Iguana family, found in the West Indies and adjacent mainland.
1706Phillips, Annolis, a Creature in America, about the bigness of a Lizard, and of a yellowish Skin. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Anole..the name of a species of lizard. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xxii. 430 They [the Guanas] are remarkable—as well as the Anolis, for the kind of goitre in their throat, which..they can inflate to a large size. 1847Carpenter Zool. §495 The Anolis is a small, slender, active, little animal, frequenting woods and rocky places. |