whiptail lizard vs teiid

whiptail lizard and teiid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whiptail lizard	Yes	No	No	No
teiid	Yes	No	No	No

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

whiptail lizard: any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
teiid: tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail

Other hypernyms of whiptail lizard include teiid lizard.

whiptail lizard (noun)	teiid (noun)
any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards	tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail