Teiid

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any lizard in the family Teiidae.

    "The teiids we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere."

  2. 2
    tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards. not-comparable

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"The teiids we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere."

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