anguidae

Meaning

A taxonomic family of lizards that includes slow worms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards, many of which have reduced or absent limbs.

Examples

• The Anguidae family exhibits a wide range of body forms, from fully limbed species to those that are entirely legless.
• Evolutionary biologists study the Anguidae to understand the repeated loss of limbs across different lizard lineages.