FAMILY XANTUSIIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Night lizards

Synonyms:

family Xantusiidae; Xantusiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Xantusiidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Xantusiidae"):

night lizard (small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young)

Holonyms ("family Xantusiidae" is a member of...):

Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)