teiid

tei·id

noun

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.

Origin of teiid

From New Latin Teiidae family name from Teius type genus from Portuguese tejú tegu ; see tegu .

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tei′id
adjective

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Adjective

(biology) Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards.

Noun

(plural teiids)

(biology) Any lizard in the family Teiidae.

Hyponyms

(lizard of family Teiidae): whiptail (genus Cnemidophorus)

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