Lizard's tail

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Liz´ard's tail`


n.1.(Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (Saururus 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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They experiment with the idea of a hawk's feather tail, a lizard's tail, and even a skunk's tail.
Having grown up with the social privileges of the post-war era, they found themselves suddenly condemned to irrelevance -- a useless gender, comparable, in Albinati's telling, to a lizard's tail that twitches for some time after being severed.
Having grown up with the social privileges of the postwar era, they found themselves suddenly condemned to irrelevance a useless gender, comparable, in Albinati's telling, to a lizard's tail that twitches for some time after being severed.
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Boris Johnson even grabbed a lizard's tail yesterday - maybe hoping it was a Tory.
How does England get into the second round, do we need a couple of newts and a frog or two with a lizard's tail for good measure?
But biomechanical researchers have found that a lizard's tail has an important function: It helps the animal keep its balance.
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