teiid

tei·id

 (tē′ĭd)

n.

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.

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

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tei′id adj.

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teiid

(ˈtiːɪd)

n

(Animals) a member of the Teiidae family of lizards

adj

(Zoology) belonging to the Teiidae family of lizards

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teiid - tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail teiid lizard lizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail family Teiidae, Teiidae - whiptails; etc. whiptail, whiptail lizard - any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards teju - large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food caiman lizard - crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels

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