əˈgaməˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Agama, type genus + -idae
: a widely distributed family of Old World lizards related to the New World iguanas but distinguished by acrodont dentition and including arboreal, terrestrial, and semiaquatic forms most of which are insectivorous (as the frilled lizard, the flying dragon, and the Australian moloch)