Lacertilia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin lacertilia, from lacerta (“lizard”) + -ilia (“-ile, -like: similar to”)

Proper noun

Lacertilia

A taxonomic suborder within the order Lacertoidea – the lizards.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass; Lacertoidea - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Lacertoidea - suborders; Gekkota, Iguania, Scincomorpha - infraorders

References

Lizard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Squamata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lacertilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Squamata at the Tree of Life Web Project

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