agamoidadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈaɡəmɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˈæɡəˌmɔɪd/

Forms: 1800s agamoïd, 1800s– agamoid.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: agama n., -oid suffix.

Etymology: < agama n. + -oid suffix, after scientific Latin Agamoidea, former superfamily name ( L. J. Fitzinger Neue Classification der Reptilien 17). Compare German Agamoiden, plural noun (1826 in the same source), French agamoïde, adjective and noun (1834 or earlier).

Zoology. Now rare.

A. adj.

Belonging to the family Agamidae or the former superfamily Agamoidea of lizards.The Agamoidea comprised a number of families that are now mostly assigned to the infraorders Iguania and Diploglossa.

ΚΠ

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 457/2 In the Agamanians, or Agamoïd Lizards, forming the genus Uromastyx, the dentition..resembles that of the Chameleons.

1897 Cent. Dict. Stellion, an agamoid lizard of the genus Stellio or family Stellionidæ.

1949 Copeia No. 2. 159 He has available a recent paper on the Australian Agamoid genus Tympanocryptis.

2000 V. R. Alifanov in M. J. Benton et al. Age Dinosaurs Russia & Mongolia (2003) xviii. 373 The hyperpleurodont dentition..does not permit unification of Isodontosaurus with known agamoid taxa.

B. n.

An agamoid lizard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Agamidae (dragon lizards) > member of

bloodsucker1797

agamian1831

Jew lizard1833

agamoid1865

agamid1878

water dragon1908

1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. 5 312 The Scincoids (Scincidæ), the Geckos (Geckotidæ), and the Agamoids (Agamidæ), are the most abundant of these, and are all very numerous in species.

1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 194 416 These agamoids have Oriental allies, which the scincoids lack.

1984 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 29 74 The relationships of the remaining agamoids, the uromasticids and chamaeleonids, are critical for the solution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agamoid
释义	agamoidadj.n. Brit. /ˈaɡəmɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈæɡəˌmɔɪd/ Forms: 1800s agamoïd, 1800s– agamoid. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: agama n., -oid suffix. Etymology: < agama n. + -oid suffix, after scientific Latin Agamoidea, former superfamily name ( L. J. Fitzinger Neue Classification der Reptilien 17). Compare German Agamoiden, plural noun (1826 in the same source), French agamoïde, adjective and noun (1834 or earlier). Zoology. Now rare. A. adj. Belonging to the family Agamidae or the former superfamily Agamoidea of lizards.The Agamoidea comprised a number of families that are now mostly assigned to the infraorders Iguania and Diploglossa. ΚΠ 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 457/2 In the Agamanians, or Agamoïd Lizards, forming the genus Uromastyx, the dentition..resembles that of the Chameleons. 1897 Cent. Dict. Stellion, an agamoid lizard of the genus Stellio or family Stellionidæ. 1949 Copeia No. 2. 159 He has available a recent paper on the Australian Agamoid genus Tympanocryptis. 2000 V. R. Alifanov in M. J. Benton et al. Age Dinosaurs Russia & Mongolia (2003) xviii. 373 The hyperpleurodont dentition..does not permit unification of Isodontosaurus with known agamoid taxa. B. n. An agamoid lizard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Agamidae (dragon lizards) > member of bloodsucker1797 agamian1831 Jew lizard1833 agamoid1865 agamid1878 water dragon1908 1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. 5 312 The Scincoids (Scincidæ), the Geckos (Geckotidæ), and the Agamoids (Agamidæ), are the most abundant of these, and are all very numerous in species. 1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 194 416 These agamoids have Oriental allies, which the scincoids lack. 1984 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 29 74 The relationships of the remaining agamoids, the uromasticids and chamaeleonids, are critical for the solution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1841
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