teiid

tei·id  (td)

adj.

Of or belonging to the Teiidae, a large family of mainly tropical American lizards characterized by a long forked tongue and the absence of bony plates beneath the scales.

n.

A lizard of the family Teiidae.

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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