Teiid definition
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.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
teiid
Plural:
teiidsOrigin of teiid
- From New Latin Teiidae family name from Teius type genus from Portuguese tejú tegu tegu
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition