Akademik

Callisaurus

noun

zebra-tailed lizard

• Syn: ↑genus Callisaurus

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Iguanidae, ↑family Iguanidae, ↑Iguania, ↑family Iguania

• Member Meronyms: ↑zebra-tailed lizard, ↑gridiron-tailed lizard, ↑Callisaurus draconoides

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\\ˌkaləˈsȯrəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from calli- + -saurus

: a small genus of lizards (family Iguanidae) having stripes around the tail, seven species occurring in the southwestern U.S. — see gridiron-tailed lizard

Useful english dictionary. 2012.