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flying lizard
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flying lizard
n.
Any of various small tropical Asian lizards of the genus Draco, having winglike membranes on each side that may be spread to enable it to glide through the air. Also called flying dragon.
flying lizard, dragon
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any lizard of the genus Draco, of S and SE Asia, having an extensible fold of skin on each side of the body, used to make gliding leaps: family Agamidae (agamas)
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Noun1.flying lizardflying lizard - any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
flying dragon, dragon
agamid, agamid lizard - a lizard of the family Agamidae
genus Draco, Draco - a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards


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Though only birds, insects, and bats can truly fly, many animals, such as flying squirrels and flying lizards, have evolved wing-like flaps of skin for floating--at least briefly--on air.
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