Found 3 hits - Term: lizard, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lizard \liz"ard\, n. oe. lesarde, of. lesarde, f. l'ezard, l.
lacerta, lacertus. cf. alligator, lacerta.
1913 webster
1. zool. any one of the numerous species of reptiles
belonging to the order lacertilia; sometimes, also
applied to reptiles of other orders, as the hatteria.
1913 webster
note: most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs,
and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and
some with a short, thick tail. most have scales, but
some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. the
tongue is varied in form and structure. in some it is
forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and
very extensible. see amphisbaena, chameleon,
gecko, gila monster, horned toad, iguana, and
dragon, 6.
1913 webster
2. naut. a piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into
one or both of the ends. --r. h. dana, ir.
1913 webster
3. a piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a
heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
1913 webster
lizard snake zool., the garter snake eutaenia
sirtalis.
lizard stone min., a kind of serpentine from near lizard
point, cornwall, england, -- used for ornamental purposes.
1913 webster lizardfish
see also:
alligator lacerta lacertilia hatteria amphisbaena chameleon
gecko gila monster horned toad iguana dragon
lizard snake eutaenia sirtalis lizard stone
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lizard
n 1: relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of
legs and a tapering tail
2: a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in
search of women who would support him syn: lounge lizard
see also:
lounge lizard
- [3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
lizard
only in lev. 11:30, as rendering of hebrew _letaah_, so called
from its "hiding." supposed to be the lacerta gecko or fan-foot
lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. see chameleon.
see also:
chameleon
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Lizard, definition of term: Lizard
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Spiny Lizard, definition of term: Spiny Lizard
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Lounge Lizard, definition of term: Lounge Lizard
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Flying Lizard, definition of term: Flying Lizard
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Frilled Lizard, definition of term: Frilled Lizard
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