Gerrhonotus

noun

alligator lizards

• Syn: ↑genus Gerrhonotus

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anguidae, ↑family Anguidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑alligator lizard

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnōd.əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek gerrho- (from gerrhon hide-covered shield, anything made of wickerwork) + New Latin -notus; akin to Old Norse kjarr bush, kass willow basket, Armenian car tree

: a genus of long-tailed slow-moving chiefly terrestrial lizards (family Anguidae) that are widely distributed in western No. America — see alligator lizard