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Definition of Family agamidae
1. Noun. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria
Member holonyms: Agamid, Agamid Lizard, Genus Agama, Chlamydosaurus, Genus Chlamydosaurus, Draco, Genus Draco, Genus Moloch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Agamidae
Literary usage of Family agamidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"FRILL-LIZARD, a large Australian lizard (qv) (Chlamydosaurus kingi) of the family
Agamidae, so called in allusion to the -erectile collar or ruff about its ..."
2. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"Figures of Lizards of the family Agamidae which form a homologous series with
the Iguanidae represented on Plate II. FIo. 1. ..."
3. A Naturalist on Lake Victoria: With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the by Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1920)
"The importance of Varanus as a food supply of Glossina has been alluded to in
the chapter on the Tse-tse. A fine large lizard of the family Agamidae is ..."
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