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Definition of Family anguidae
1. Noun. Alligator lizards.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria
Member holonyms: Anguid Lizard, Genus Gerrhonotus, Gerrhonotus, Anguis, Genus Anguis, Genus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Anguidae
Literary usage of Family anguidae
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)
"... is solely represented by a tortoise confined to the Malay countries In the
lizards the family Anguidae is represented by one genus; ..."
2. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1907)
"In the family Anguidae the limbs may be more or less developed, or entirely absent
externally, in which case, however, the rudiments of the pectoral and ..."
3. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals ; for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1902)
"The family Anguidae, or slow-worms, includes the famous glass-snake or joint-snake
of the South. This snake-like lizard has no legs, or only rudiments of ..."
4. The Geology of the Environs of Albuquerque, New Mexico by Clarence Luther Herrick (1899)
"Family. ANGUIDAE. Tongue composed of two distinct portions, a principal posterior
part covered with ..."
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