REPTILE FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reptile family mean? 

• REPTILE FAMILY (noun)
  The noun REPTILE FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a family of reptiles

  Familiarity information: REPTILE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPTILE FAMILY (noun)

Meaning:

A family of reptiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("reptile family" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reptile family"):

Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)

Dromaeosauridae; family Dromaeosauridae (swift-running bipedal dinosaurs)

family Megalosauridae; Megalosauridae (megalosaurs)

family Titanosauridae; Titanosauridae (herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous)

family Iguanodontidae; Iguanodontidae (iguanodons)

family Hadrosauridae; Hadrosauridae (duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous)

Ceratopsidae; family Ceratopsidae (American ceratopsian dinosaurs)

family Gavialidae; Gavialidae (gavials)

Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae (alligators; caimans)

Crocodylidae; family Crocodylidae (true crocodiles)

Edaphosauridae; family Edaphosauridae (a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria)

family Pterodactylidae; Pterodactylidae (a reptile family in the order Pterosauria)

family Ichthyosauridae; Ichthyosauridae (later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres)

family Viperidae; Viperidae (Old World vipers)

family Hydrophidae; Hydrophidae (sea snakes)

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)

family Pythonidae; Pythonidae (in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas)

Pythoninae; subfamily Pythoninae (Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae)

Boidae; family Boidae (boas and pythons)

family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae; family Typhlopidae; Typhlopidae (blind snakes)

Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)

family Varanidae; Varanidae (monitor lizards)

Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleontidae; family Rhiptoglossa; Rhiptoglossa (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)

family Pygopodidae; Pygopodidae (Australian and Tasmanian lizards)

family Gekkonidae; Gekkonidae (geckos)

family Trionychidae; Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtles)

family Testudinidae; Testudinidae (land tortoises)

Emydidae; family Emydidae (box and water turtles)

family Kinosternidae; Kinosternidae (mud turtles; musk turtles)

Chelydridae; family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)

Dermochelyidae; family Dermochelyidae (sea turtles)

Chelonidae; Cheloniidae; family Chelonidae; family Cheloniidae (green turtles; hawksbills)

Amphisbaenidae; family Amphisbaenidae (worm lizards)

family Xantusiidae; Xantusiidae (night lizards)

family Lacertidae; Lacertidae (Old World lizards)

family Helodermatidae; Helodermatidae (only known venomous lizards)

family Lanthanotidae; Lanthanotidae (stout-bodied lizards)

Anniellidae; family Anniellidae (legless lizards)

family Xenosauridae; Xenosauridae (monotypic family of Mexican lizards)

Anguidae; family Anguidae (alligator lizards)

Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)

family Teiidae; Teiidae (whiptails; etc.)

family Scincidae; Scincidae (skinks)

family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)

Holonyms ("reptile family" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)