Agamidae
plural noun
Agam·i·dae
ə-ˈga-mə-ˌdē
: a widely distributed family of Old World lizards related to the New World iguanas but distinguished by acrodont dentition and including arboreal, terrestrial, and semiaquatic forms most of which are insectivorous (as the frilled lizard, the flying dragon, and the Australian moloch)
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Agama agama + -idae -idae
First Known Use
1839, in the meaning defined above