reptile family
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1. a family of reptiles (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | chelonidae, cheloniidae, family chelonidae, family cheloniidae, |
| definition | : | green turtles; hawksbills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dermochelyidae, family dermochelyidae, |
| definition | : | sea turtles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chelydridae, family chelydridae, |
| definition | : | snapping turtles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family kinosternidae, kinosternidae, |
| definition | : | mud turtles; musk turtles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | emydidae, family emydidae, |
| definition | : | box and water turtles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family testudinidae, testudinidae, |
| definition | : | land tortoises (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trionychidae, trionychidae, |
| definition | : | soft-shelled turtles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gekkonidae, gekkonidae, |
| definition | : | geckos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pygopodidae, pygopodidae, |
| definition | : | Australian and Tasmanian lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae, |
| definition | : | New World lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amphisbaenidae, family amphisbaenidae, |
| definition | : | worm lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family xantusiidae, xantusiidae, |
| definition | : | night lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scincidae, scincidae, |
| definition | : | skinks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family teiidae, teiidae, |
| definition | : | whiptails; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | agamidae, family agamidae, |
| definition | : | an Old World reptile family of Sauria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anguidae, family anguidae, |
| definition | : | alligator lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family xenosauridae, xenosauridae, |
| definition | : | monotypic family of Mexican lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anniellidae, family anniellidae, |
| definition | : | legless lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lanthanotidae, lanthanotidae, |
| definition | : | stout-bodied lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family helodermatidae, helodermatidae, |
| definition | : | only known venomous lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lacertidae, lacertidae, |
| definition | : | Old World lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chamaeleonidae, chamaeleontidae, family chamaeleonidae, family chamaeleontidae, family rhiptoglossa, rhiptoglossa, |
| definition | : | Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family varanidae, varanidae, |
| definition | : | monitor lizards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crocodylidae, family crocodylidae, |
| definition | : | true crocodiles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alligatoridae, family alligatoridae, |
| definition | : | alligators; caimans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gavialidae, gavialidae, |
| definition | : | gavials (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ceratopsidae, family ceratopsidae, |
| definition | : | American ceratopsian dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hadrosauridae, hadrosauridae, |
| definition | : | duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family iguanodontidae, iguanodontidae, |
| definition | : | iguanodons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family titanosauridae, titanosauridae, |
| definition | : | herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family megalosauridae, megalosauridae, |
| definition | : | megalosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dromaeosauridae, family dromaeosauridae, |
| definition | : | swift-running bipedal dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | edaphosauridae, family edaphosauridae, |
| definition | : | a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pterodactylidae, pterodactylidae, |
| definition | : | a reptile family in the order Pterosauria (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ichthyosauridae, ichthyosauridae, |
| definition | : | later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | colubridae, family colubridae, |
| definition | : | nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family typhlopidae, typhlopidae, |
| definition | : | blind snakes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family leptotyphlopidae, leptotyphlopidae, |
| definition | : | blind snakes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | boidae, family boidae, |
| definition | : | boas and pythons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pythoninae, subfamily pythoninae, |
| definition | : | Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pythonidae, pythonidae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | elapidae, family elapidae, |
| definition | : | cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hydrophidae, hydrophidae, |
| definition | : | sea snakes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family viperidae, viperidae, |
| definition | : | Old World vipers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crotalidae, family crotalidae, |
| definition | : | New World vipers: pit vipers (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata, |
| definition | : | fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals (noun.animal) |
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