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teiid - What does it mean?

Definition of 'teiid'

English

(Teiidae)

Adjective

  • (biology) Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (biology) Any lizard in the family Teiidae.
  • * 2003 , Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity , 2006, page 195,
    • The teiids' we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, ' teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • * 2007 , Lance D. McBrayer, Clay E. Corbin, 9: Patterns of head shape variation in lizards: morphological correlates of foraging mode'', Stephen M. Reilly, Lance D. McBrayer, Donald B. Miles (editors), ''Lizard Ecology , page 293,
    • As in our study, he found that taxonomic groups cluster together in morphospace (i.e. iguanians together, teiids and varanids together).
  • * 2008 , R. D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, Lizard Care from A to Z: From Anoles to Zonosaurs , page 146,
    • The highly attuned nervous system of racerunners and teiids makes them very adept at locating and grasping prey insects.

    Hyponyms

    * (lizard of family Teiidae) whiptail (genus Cnemidophorus)

    Similar to 'teiid'

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