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[Native name.] Zool .: A popular name for any individual of the Tejide (q. v.), spec if. Tejus teguexin , with a wide geographical range in South America. It is from three to four feet long, black on upper surface, sprinkled with yellow, tail mingled with yellow and black, lower parts similarly marked. These lizards are found in sugar plantations, and among scrub and brush; they can swim well, but do not take readily to the water. The legend that they utter a warning sound on the approach of wild beasts (whence they are sometimes called Safeguards) is apparently without foundation. They feed on fruit, insects, snakes, frogs, birds' eggs, and young birds. těg-u-lą ( pl . těg-u-læ), s. [Lat.=a tile.] 1. Build .: A roofing-tile. 2. Entom .: A callosity at the origin of the fore wings of the Hymenoptera.