teiid

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards.

noun

1. Any lizard in the family Teiidae.

   “The teiids we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.”

   “As in our study, he found that taxonomic groups cluster together in morphospace (i.e. iguanians together, teiids and varanids together).”

   “The highly attuned nervous system of racerunners and teiids makes them very adept at locating and grasping prey insects.”