lizard : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a lizard of the family Agamidae
  agamid.
  

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• noun slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
  

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• noun any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects
  

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• noun lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
  beaded lizard; Heloderma horridum.
  

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• noun crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels
  

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• noun any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
  

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• noun the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands
  Komodo dragon; giant lizard; Varanus komodoensis; dragon lizard.
  

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• noun any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico
  

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• noun small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
  eastern fence lizard; Sceloporus undulatus.
  

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• noun spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
  

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• noun any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
  flying dragon; dragon.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Dragon, n, 6.

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• noun large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
  Chlamydosaurus kingi.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large Australian lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.

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• noun with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico
  Uma notata.
  

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• noun the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands
  Komodo dragon; giant lizard; Varanus komodoensis; dragon lizard.
  

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• noun snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
  joint snake; glass snake.
  

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• noun a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long
  Lacerta viridis.
  

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• noun swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
  gridiron-tailed lizard; Callisaurus draconoides.
  

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• noun insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
  horned toad; horny frog.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the horned toad.

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• noun lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
  iguanid.
  

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• noun the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands
  Komodo dragon; giant lizard; Varanus komodoensis; dragon lizard.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard (Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors.

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• noun Old World terrestrial lizard
  lacertid.
  

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• noun degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
  

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• noun any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico
  

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• (Zoöl.), the basilisk.

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• (Zoöl.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus Synodus, or Saurus, esp. S. foetens of the Southern United States and West Indies; called also sand pike.

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• noun an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
  Himantoglossum hircinum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the garter snake (Eutænia sirtalis).

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• (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, used for ornamental purposes.

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Liz"ard's tail`

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1. (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. Gray.

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• noun North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
  swamp lily; water dragon; Saururus cernuus.
  

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• noun family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia
  Saururaceae; family Saururaceae.
  

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• noun a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him
  lizard.
  

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• noun lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico
  beaded lizard; Heloderma horridum.
  

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• noun any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
  varan; monitor.
  

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• noun small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
  

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• noun small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
  eastern fence lizard; Sceloporus undulatus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator.

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• noun a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
  Sceloporus graciosus.
  

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• noun a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
  Lacerta agilis.
  
• noun one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
  Uta stansburiana; sand lizard.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common European lizard (Lacerta agilis).

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• noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
  scincid; skink.
  

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• noun one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
  Uta stansburiana; sand lizard.
  

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• noun desert lizard that feeds on ants
  Moloch horridus; mountain devil.
  
• noun any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Stellion.

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• (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; called also sleeping lizard.

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• noun tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
  teiid.
  

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• noun of arid and semiarid open country
  Phrynosoma cornutum.
  

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• noun huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
  brontosaur; Apatosaurus excelsus; apatosaurus; brontosaurus; apatosaur.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a horned toad.

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• noun a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
  Urosaurus ornatus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards (Dendrosauria) comprising the chameleons.

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• noun any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common European lizard (Lacerta muralis) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks and crevices of walls; called also wall newt.

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Wa"ter liz"ard

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1. (Zoöl.) Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

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• noun common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
  blue-belly; swift; Sceloporus occidentalis.
  

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• noun any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
  whiptail.
  

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• noun a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
  

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• noun swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico
  gridiron-tailed lizard; Callisaurus draconoides.
  

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