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DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
Synonyms:
desert iguana; Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dipsosaurus dorsalis" is a kind of...):
iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)
Holonyms ("Dipsosaurus dorsalis" is a member of...):
Dipsosaurus; genus Dipsosaurus (desert iguanas)