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teiid
tei·id T0085250 (tē′ĭd)n. Any of various lizards of the family Teiidae of the Americas, having a long forked tongue, a streamlined body, and large rectangular ventral scales, and including the whiptails and the racerunners.
[From New Latin Teiidae, family name, from Teius, type genus, from Portuguese tejú, tegu; see tegu.]
tei′id adj.teiid (ˈtiːɪd) n (Animals) a member of the Teiidae family of lizardsadj (Zoology) belonging to the Teiidae family of lizardsThesaurus| Noun | 1. | teiid - tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tailteiid lizardlizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tailfamily Teiidae, Teiidae - whiptails; etc.whiptail, whiptail lizard - any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizardsteju - large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as foodcaiman lizard - crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels |
teiid
Synonyms for teiidnoun tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tailSynonymsRelated Words- lizard
- family Teiidae
- Teiidae
- whiptail
- whiptail lizard
- teju
- caiman lizard
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