Pronunciation: ' t ē - ə d, ' t ī -
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Teiidae, from Teius, genus of lizards, from Portuguese teiú, the lizard Tupinambis teguixim, from Tupi tejú
Date: 1956
: any of a family (Teiidae) of mostly tropical American lizards (as the race runner) with an elongate forked tongue
– teiid adjective