Definition of Gambelia

1. Noun. Leopard lizards.

Exact synonyms: Genus Gambelia
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Iguania, Family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae
Member holonyms: Leopard Lizard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambelia

Galveston Island
Galway
Galway Bay
Galway hooker
Galway hookers
Galwegian
Galwegians
Galápagos Islands
Galápagos hawk
Galápagos hawks
Galápagos sea lion
Galápagos sea lions
Gamay
Gambel's quail
Gambelia (current term)
Gambia
Gambian
Gambian fever
Gambian monetary unit
Gambian trypanosomiasis
Gambians
Gambier Islands
Gambusia
Gambusia affinis
Game of Life
Gamerscore
Gamerscores
Gamgee
Gamgee tissue

Literary usage of Gambelia

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

1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"(Gambelia, Nutt.) 14. A speciosum, Gray, 1. c. A much-branched shrub, 3 or 4 feet high ; the young parts soft-pubescent, the older glabrous, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1859)
"Chin and throat reticulated. Neither black, collar nor light spots. More closely related to Crotaphytus collaris, than to Crotaphytus (Gambelia) ..."

3. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"In canons, from NW Arizona to San Diego, where apparently it also pro- dures small corollas. In § Gambelia, p. 354. ..."

4. The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work by John William Harshberger (1899)
"... Gambelia speciosa* a figure of this plant with description being published. Returning to Philadelphia the following year, he entered the Medical School ..."

5. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1886)
"17; Hesperian, July, 1860, with fig. ANTIRRHINUM (Gambelia) JUNCEUM, Gray. Collinsia solitaria, Kellogg, 1. c. ii. 10. divaricata, Kellogg, 1. c. iii. 36. ..."

6. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1848)
"... with rather large, tubular, bright scarlet flowers (Gambelia, Nutt.), somewhat allied to Gai- ..."

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