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Tepid vs Teiid - What's the difference?

tepid | teiid |

As adjectives the difference between tepid and teiid

is that tepid is lukewarm; neither warm nor cool while teiid is (biology) of or belonging to the teiidae family of tropical american lizards.

As a noun teiid is

(biology) any lizard in the family teiidae.

tepid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
    • I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.
  • Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.
    • He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

    Synonyms

    * (neither warm nor cool) lukewarm * (exhibiting little passion) uninterested, lukewarm * See also

    Derived terms

    * tepidness

    Related terms

    * tepidity

    Anagrams

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    teiid

    English

    (Teiidae)

    Adjective

  • (biology) Of or belonging to the Teiidae family of tropical American lizards.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any lizard in the family Teiidae.
  • * 2003 , Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity , 2006, page 195,
    • The teiids' we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, ' teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • * 2007 , Lance D. McBrayer, Clay E. Corbin, 9: Patterns of head shape variation in lizards: morphological correlates of foraging mode'', Stephen M. Reilly, Lance D. McBrayer, Donald B. Miles (editors), ''Lizard Ecology , page 293,
    • As in our study, he found that taxonomic groups cluster together in morphospace (i.e. iguanians together, teiids and varanids together).
  • * 2008 , R. D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, Lizard Care from A to Z: From Anoles to Zonosaurs , page 146,
    • The highly attuned nervous system of racerunners and teiids makes them very adept at locating and grasping prey insects.

    Hyponyms

    * (lizard of family Teiidae) whiptail (genus Cnemidophorus)