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Definition of Genus anolis
1. Noun. New World chameleons.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Iguania, Family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae
Member holonyms: American Chameleon, Anole, Anolis Carolinensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Anolis
Literary usage of Genus anolis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... AMERICAN CHAMELEON genus anolis The North American Representative of a Large,
New World Genus of Lizards that are Remarkable in the Habit of Frequently ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Another widely distributed genus, Anolis, has two representatives in the South
Atlantic States, popularly called 'chameleons.' (See ANOLIS. ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1834)
"The second subdivision of the genus anolis consists of species without a carinated
crest on the tail, but in no other respect differing from those already ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The genus Anolis contains the common "chameleon" of the southeastern United States.
(See ANOLIS; CHAMELEON). ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"Another widely distributed genus, Anolis, has two representatives in the South
Atlantic States, popularly called 'chameleons.' (See ANOLIS. ..."
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