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Webster 1913 Edition

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rop.

Noun.

[In the Antilles,

anoli

anoalli

, a lizard.]

(Zool.)

A genus of lizards which belong to the family

Iguanidæ

. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called

chameleons

Anolis carolinensis
male (green) and female (brown)

Anolis m

A taxonomic genus within the family Iguanidae – lizards, sometimes called American chameleons, similar to iguanas.

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptiliomorpha, Amniota - clades; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass; Bifurcata, Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera - clades; Iguania - order; Pleurodonta - clade; Iguanidae - family