Chamaesaura

noun

Cham·​ae·​sau·​ra

ˌkamēˈsȯrə,

-mə-

: a genus of African snakelike lizards (family Cordylidae) without limbs or with one or both pairs of limbs reduced to scaly vestiges

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from chamae- + -saura

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