n. Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A genus of small saurian reptiles, typical of the family Agamidæ (which see).
n. [l. c] A member or species of the genus Agama, or of closely related genera: with a plural, agamas (-mäz).
The agamous division of mollusks. See agamous, 2.
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n. small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
Word Usage
"The Sling-tailed agama is a large, robust lizard (c. 300 mm long) with an armour-plated look, and it’s wide ranging, occurring across eastern Europe, northern Africa, north-east Arabia and Asia."