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Xenosauridae

noun

monotypic family of Mexican lizards

• Syn: ↑family Xenosauridae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑Xenosaurus, ↑genus Xenosaurus

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\\ˌzenəˈsȯrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Xenosaurus, type genus (from xen- + -saurus) + -idae

: a monotypic family of slender-bodied Mexican lizards that is held to be intermediate between Iguanidae and Anguidae and comprises forms with the upper surface covered with minute granules and tubercles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.