agama Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World

WordNet

Ag"a*ma noun
Etymology
From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.
Wordforms
plural Agamas
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

Webster 1913