Iguanidae

noun

New World lizards

• Syn: ↑family Iguanidae, ↑Iguania, ↑family Iguania

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauria, ↑suborder Sauria, ↑Lacertilia, ↑suborder Lacertilia

• Member Meronyms:

↑iguanid, ↑iguanid lizard, ↑genus Iguana, ↑Amblyrhynchus, ↑genus Amblyrhynchus, ↑Dipsosaurus, ↑genus Dipsosaurus, ↑Sauromalus, ↑genus Sauromalus, ↑Callisaurus, ↑genus Callisaurus, ↑Uma, ↑genus Uma, ↑Holbrookia, ↑genus Holbrookia, ↑Crotaphytus, ↑genus Crotaphytus, ↑Gambelia, ↑genus Gambelia, ↑Sceloporus, ↑genus Sceloporus, ↑Uta, ↑genus Uta, ↑Urosaurus, ↑genus Urosaurus, ↑Phrynosoma, ↑genus Phrynosoma, ↑Basiliscus, ↑genus Basiliscus, ↑Anolis, ↑genus Anolis

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\\-nəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Iguana, type genus + -idae

: a large family of chiefly New World lizards including the iguanas and many of the small inoffensive lizards (as the pine lizard and horned toads) of the United States and being distinguished from the related Agamidae by possession of pleurodont dentition