flying lizard vs agamid

flying lizard and agamid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flying lizard	Yes	No	No	No
agamid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, agamid is a hypernym of flying lizard; that is, agamid is a word with a broader meaning than flying lizard:

flying lizard: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
agamid: a lizard of the family Agamidae

Other hypernyms of flying lizard include agamid lizard.

flying lizard (noun)	agamid (noun)
any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body	a lizard of the family Agamidae