Agama

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agama \Ag"a*ma\ ([a^]g"[.a]*m[.a]), n.; pl. {Agamas}
     ([a^]g"[.a]*m[.a]z). [From the Caribbean name of a species of
     lizard.] (Zool.)
     A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable
     substances; also, one of these lizards.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agama
       n : small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World