Definition of Teguexin

1. n. A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.

Definition of Teguexin

1. Noun. (zoology) A large South American lizard with yellowish spots. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teguexin

1. tegu [n -S] - See also: tegu

Medical Definition of Teguexin

1. A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teguexin

tegmentotomy
tegmentum
tegmentum mesencephali
tegmentum of pons
tegmentum of rhombencephalon
tegmentum rhombencephali
tegmentums
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tegmina
tegminal
tegretol
tegs
tegu
tegua
teguas
teguexin (current term)
teguexins
tegula
tegulae
tegular
tegularly
tegulated
tegumen
tegument
tegumental
tegumentary
teguments
tegumina
tegus
tehr

Literary usage of Teguexin

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

1. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"The attribute of bipedal locomotion is possessed by the teguexin. That this singular method of progression was an accomplishment possessed by one of the ..."

2. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"When pursued, the teguexin does not allow itself to be taken without a struggle ; it runs with great swiftness, and strikes such violent blows at the dogs ..."

3. Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals by Frank Evers Beddard (1905)
"There are usually to be seen at the Zoo examples of the two species, Tupinambis teguexin and Tupinambis nigro-punctatus. They grow to some size, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"TEJU, or teguexin, a large lizard ... teguexin), inhabiting tropical America. The upper parts are deep-black, mottled with green and yellow; the sides show ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"The eggs of the common teguexin (Teius teguexin), and of other large species of lizards, are eaten in South America. In the Antilles and on the west coast ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"The eggs of the common teguexin (Teius teguexin), and of other large species of lizards, are eaten in South America. In the Antilles and on the west coast ..."

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