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tei•id
(tē′id),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Reptilesany of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
adj.
- Reptilesbelonging or pertaining to the Teiidae.
- Tupi tejú, teyú) + -idae -id2
- Portuguese tejú lizard of the genus Tupinambis
- Neo-Latin Teiidae, equivalent. to Tei(us) genus name (
- 1955–60