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Definition of Anguidae
1. Noun. Alligator lizards.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria
Member holonyms: Anguid Lizard, Genus Gerrhonotus, Gerrhonotus, Anguis, Genus Anguis, Genus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anguidae
Literary usage of Anguidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Tongue resembling that of the anguidae. The skin.of the upper surface is granular,
with many irregular bony tubercles which give it an ugly warty look. ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"A distinct fold of skin extends from the axilla to the groin, recalling the more
strongly developed lateral fold of some of the anguidae. Fam. 4. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"We note the entire absence of Iguanidae and of anguidae. the latter represented
by Ophisaurus only in the north-western corner. ..."
4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... are referred to the anguidae;112 the remaining genera are too fragmentary for
reference or have not been studied.1^8 111 EARL. DOUGLASS : Ann. Cam. ..."
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