Cnemidophorus

Cnemidophorus
noun
whiptails
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Teiidae, ↑family Teiidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑whiptail, ↑whiptail lizard

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\\ˌnēməˈdäfərəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek knēmidophoros wearing greaves, from knēmid-, knēmis greave + -phoros -phorous
: a genus of American lizards of the family Teiidae — see race runner

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