ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnōd.əs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek gerrho- (from gerrhon hide-covered shield, anything made of wickerwork) + New Latin -notus; akin to Old Norse kjarr bush, kass willow basket, Armenian car tree
: a genus of long-tailed slow-moving chiefly terrestrial lizards (family Anguidae) that are widely distributed in western No. America — see alligator lizard