frilled lizard

frilled lizard

(frĭld) or frill-necked lizard (frĭl′nĕkt′)

n.

A large lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) of Australia and New Guinea having a broad contractile membrane extending from the neck and throat that can be erected like a ruff when the mouth is opened.

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frilled′ liz′ard

n.

an Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi, with a neck frill that enlarges in courtship or threat displays.

[1860–65]

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frilled lizard - large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck Chlamydosaurus kingi agamid, agamid lizard - a lizard of the family Agamidae Chlamydosaurus, genus Chlamydosaurus - frilled lizards

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