Autarchoglossan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autarchoglossan is a noun meaning A squamate of the clade Autarchoglossa.
Meaning
A squamate of the clade Autarchoglossa.
Example Sentences
Scientists have made our work a bit easier by dividing living lizards into two major groups: the ascalabotans and the autarchoglossans.
Autarchoglossan families, if anything, have shifted away from ants (at least adult ants) and tend, with one exception, to eat fairly large prey.
Assemblages in mainland habitats that consist of species in different families and other higher order clades (e.g., those containing iguanians, gekkotans, and autarchoglossans) are much more complex.
Word Forms
- autarchoglossans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ascalabotan, scleroglossan, crocodylotarsian, paracrocodylomorph, acrochordoid, anapsid.
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