teiid
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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.
[From New Latin Teiidae, family name, from Teius, type genus, from Portuguese tejú, tegu; see tegu.]
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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| Noun | 1. | teiid - tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail 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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