lizard : Idioms & Phrases


agamid lizard

  • noun a lizard of the family Agamidae
    agamid.
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alligator lizard

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

  • 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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beaded lizard

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

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

  • 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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dragon lizard

  • 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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earless lizard

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

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

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

  • 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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Frilled lizard

  • 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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fringe-toed lizard

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

  • 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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glass lizard

  • 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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green lizard

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

  • 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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Horned lizard

  • 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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iguanid lizard

  • 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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komodo lizard

  • 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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Lace lizard

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

  • noun Old World terrestrial lizard
    lacertid.
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legless lizard

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

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

  • (Zoöl.), the basilisk.
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Lizard fish

  • (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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lizard orchid

  • noun an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
    Himantoglossum hircinum.
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Lizard snake

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

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

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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lizard's-tail

  • 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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lizard's-tail family

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

  • 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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mexican beaded lizard

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

  • 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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night lizard

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

  • 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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sagebrush lizard

  • 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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Sand lizard

  • 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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scincid lizard

  • 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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side-blotched lizard

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

  • 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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Star lizard

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Stellion.
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Stump-tailed lizard

  • (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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teiid lizard

  • 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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texas horned lizard

  • noun of arid and semiarid open country
    Phrynosoma cornutum.
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thunder lizard

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

  • (Zoöl.), a horned toad.
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Tree lizard

  • 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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venomous lizard

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

  • (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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water lizard

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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western fence lizard

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

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

  • 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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zebra-tailed lizard

  • 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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