Lacertidae

plural noun

La·​cer·​ti·​dae

-təˌdē

: a large Old World family of terrestrial zoophagous lizards with well-developed limbs, pleurodont dentition, and deeply notched tonque

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Lacerta, type genus + -idae

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