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pogona

pogona noun: a bearded dragon, any lizard of the genus Pogona, native to Australia.

pogona: a bearded dragon, any lizard of the genus Pogona, native to Australia
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Noun

pogona (plural pogonas)

  1. A bearded dragon, any lizard of the genus Pogona, native to Australia.
    • Additionally, DNA of following species not covered by the assay was tested to exclude cross-reactivity: macaque, budgerigar, pogona, and carp.2015 July 6, “Automated Forensic Animal Family Identification by Nested PCR and Melt Curve Analysis on an Off-the-Shelf Thermocycler Augmented with a Centrifugal Microfluidic Disk Segment”, in PLOS...

Forms of pogona

pluralpogonas

Origin of pogona

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).

Questions about pogona

What does pogona mean?
Pogona means a bearded dragon, any lizard of the genus Pogona, native to Australia.
What part of speech is pogona?
Pogona is a noun.
What is the plural of pogona?
The plural of pogona is pogonas.

Words near pogona in the dictionary

  1. pogoed
  2. pogoer
  3. pogoers
  4. pogoing
  5. Pogolo
  6. pogona
  7. pogonas
  8. pogonia
  9. pogonias
  10. pogoniate
  11. pogonic

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