TEIID


Meaning of TEIID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtē-əd, ˈtī- ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.