🔄 Synonyms of "Squamata"
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| Word | Definition |
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| order squamatanoun | diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards |
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| Word | Definition |
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| order squamatanoun | diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards |
| lepidosauria | The (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia. |
| amphisbaenia | Amphisbaenia (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of typically legless lizards, comprising over 200 extant species. |
| iguanomorpha | Iguania is an infraorder of squamate reptiles that includes iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and New World lizards like anoles and phrynosomatids. |
| lizardnoun | Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless. |
| worm lizardnoun | Any of many small limbless burrowing tropical squamate reptiles, of the family Amphisbaenidae or of the superfamily or suborder Amphisbaenia, that resemble worms. |
| reptilenoun | (informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. |
| reptile scale | Reptile skin is covered with scutes or scales which, along with many other characteristics, distinguish reptiles from animals of other classes. |
| crocodilia | Crocodylia is an order of semiaquatic, predatory reptiles known as crocodilians. |
| scincoidiannoun | (zoology, dated) skink |
| toxicofera | (Greek for "those who bear toxins") a proposed clade of scaled reptiles (squamates) that includes the Serpentes (snakes), Anguimorpha (monitor lizards, beaded lizards, and alligator lizards) and Iguania (iguanas, agamas, and chameleons). |
| basiliscus | (died 476/477) Eastern Roman emperor from 9 January 475 to August 476. |
| lepidosauromorpha | (in PhyloCode known as Pan-Lepidosauria) a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (which include crocodiles and birds). |
| archosauromorpha | (Greek for "ruling lizard forms") a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs (such as crocodilians and dinosaurs, including birds) rather than lepidosaurs (such as tuataras, lizards, and snakes). |
| crocodilenoun | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials. |
| alligatoroidnoun | Any crocodilian of the superfamily Alligatoroidea, which includes a number of extinct genera as well as the family Alligatoridae (alligators and caimans). |
| phrynosomatidae | a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. |
| pangolinnoun | Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia. |
| plesiosaurnoun | Any of the order †Plesiosauria of extinct marine reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. |
| mosasaurnoun | A large extinct marine reptile in the family †Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous. Mosasaurs are considered to belong to Squamata, the same group that includes lizards and snakes. |
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