ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷gwēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from fissi- + Latin lingua tongue + New Latin -ia — more at tongue
in some classifications : a group of lizards having the tongue forked (as members of the family Lacertilidae)
ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷gwēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from fissi- + Latin lingua tongue + New Latin -ia — more at tongue
in some classifications : a group of lizards having the tongue forked (as members of the family Lacertilidae)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012