Definition of Genus Basiliscus

1. Noun. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.

Exact synonyms: Basiliscus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Iguania, Family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae
Member holonyms: Basilisk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Basiliscus

genus Balaeniceps
genus Balaenoptera
genus Balanus
genus Balistes
genus Ballota
genus Balsamorhiza
genus Bambusa
genus Bankia
genus Banksia
genus Baphia
genus Baptisia
genus Barbarea
genus Barosaurus
genus Bartle-Frere
genus Bartramia
genus Basiliscus (current term)
genus Bathyergus
genus Batis
genus Batrachoseps
genus Bauhinia
genus Beaumontia
genus Begonia
genus Belamcanda
genus Bellis
genus Bemisia
genus Bennettitis
genus Benzoin
genus Berberis

Literary usage of Genus Basiliscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1838)
"The genus Basiliscus, Daud., differs from the iguana in wanting, femoral pores ; the body is covered with small scales, and along the back and tail there ..."

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