Definition of Pygopodidae

1. Noun. Australian and Tasmanian lizards.

Exact synonyms: Family Pygopodidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria
Member holonyms: Genus Pygopus, Pygopus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pygopodidae

Puter
Putin
Putinism
Putonghua
Putrajaya
Putre
Putukwam
Puy-de-Dôme
Pway
Pycnanthemum
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Pycnogonida
Pydna
Pygmalion
Pygmy
Pygopodidae (current term)
Pygopus
Pygoscelis
Pygoscelis adeliae
Pyhrric
Pylodictus
Pylodictus olivaris
Pylos
Pynchon
Pynchonesque
Pyongyang
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Literary usage of Pygopodidae

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... of a small family which is peculiar to the region, the Pygopodidae. ... Thus in New Guinea lizards of thn Indian region are mixed with Pygopodidae, ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Lastly there are the few Pygopodidae of the Australian region, with still quite obscure relationship. The agamas have always two pairs of well-developed ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"... they dug long tortuous channels, in which they moved forwards and sometimes backwards, but they never came to the surface. Fam. 18. Pygopodidae. ..."

4. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... the Skinks (103 species), the Varanidae (11 species), and the legless, snake- like Pygopodidae (11 species), which family is confined to Australia. ..."

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