Zool. [ad. native Caribbean name.] A genus of lizards, giving its name to one of the families of the Saurian Reptiles; popularly applied to one species in the British West Indies.
1817. Blackw. Mag., I. 187. The second order comprehends crocodiles,… agamas, stellios, chameleons [etc.].
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 192. In the form of their heads and teeth the agamas resemble the common lizards, but differ in the imbricated scales which cover their tails.
