† agamiann.adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: agama n., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < agam- (in agama n.) + -ian suffix, after French agamien, noun (P. A. Latreille in Cuvier Règne animal (ed. 2, 1829) II. 43). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăgēⁱ·miăn) /əˈɡeɪmɪən/.

Zoology. Obsolete.

A. n.

A lizard belonging to a former subgroup of the family Iguanidae that included the agamas.Now placed in a separate family ( Agamidae) and known as agamids.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Agamidae (dragon lizards) > member of

bloodsucker1797

agamian1831

Jew lizard1833

agamoid1865

agamid1878

water dragon1908

1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 24 They may be divided into two sections; in the first, or that of the Agamians, there are no palatine teeth.

1848 T. R. Jones in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 288/1 In the Geckos, Agamians, and Varanians, the base of the tooth is imbedded in a shallow socket.

1890 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 811 The little saurians..are classed by some naturalists with the acrodont iguanans and by others with the agamians.

B. adj.

Designating such lizards; characteristic of such lizards.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > resembling iguana or belonging to Iguanidae > of family Agamidae

agamian1851

1851 R. Owen Hist. Brit. Fossil Reptiles I. ii. vi. 273 The Mosasaurus combined a carnivorous form of teeth with an anchylosed mode of their attachment, as in many Fishes and in the Acrodont Chameleons and Agamian Lizards.

1880 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 171 1047 The hind foot is rather longer and narrower than the fore foot, but both show the short Agamian proportions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	agamian
释义	† agamiann.adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: agama n., -ian suffix. Etymology: < agam- (in agama n.) + -ian suffix, after French agamien, noun (P. A. Latreille in Cuvier Règne animal (ed. 2, 1829) II. 43). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăgēⁱ·miăn) /əˈɡeɪmɪən/. Zoology. Obsolete. A. n. A lizard belonging to a former subgroup of the family Iguanidae that included the agamas.Now placed in a separate family ( Agamidae) and known as agamids. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Agamidae (dragon lizards) > member of bloodsucker1797 agamian1831 Jew lizard1833 agamoid1865 agamid1878 water dragon1908 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 24 They may be divided into two sections; in the first, or that of the Agamians, there are no palatine teeth. 1848 T. R. Jones in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 288/1 In the Geckos, Agamians, and Varanians, the base of the tooth is imbedded in a shallow socket. 1890 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 811 The little saurians..are classed by some naturalists with the acrodont iguanans and by others with the agamians. B. adj. Designating such lizards; characteristic of such lizards. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > resembling iguana or belonging to Iguanidae > of family Agamidae agamian1851 1851 R. Owen Hist. Brit. Fossil Reptiles I. ii. vi. 273 The Mosasaurus combined a carnivorous form of teeth with an anchylosed mode of their attachment, as in many Fishes and in the Acrodont Chameleons and Agamian Lizards. 1880 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 171 1047 The hind foot is rather longer and narrower than the fore foot, but both show the short Agamian proportions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1831
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