lizard

liz·ard  (lzrd)

n.

1. Any of numerous reptiles of the suborder Sauria or Lacertilia, characteristically having a scaly elongated body, movable eyelids, four legs, and a tapering tail.

2. Leather made from the skin of one of these reptiles.

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[Middle English, from Old French lesarde, from Latin lacertus, lacerta.]

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lizard [ˈlɪzəd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any reptile of the suborder Lacertilia (or Sauria), esp those of the family Lacertidae (Old World lizards), typically having an elongated body, four limbs, and a long tail: includes the geckos, iguanas, chameleons, monitors, and slow worms Related adjs lacertilian, saurian

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning)

a.  leather made from the skin of such an animal

b.  (as modifier) a lizard handbag

[via Old French from Latin lacerta]

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Lizard [ˈlɪzəd]

n

(Placename) the. a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain Also called Lizard Head Lizard Peninsula

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail saurian - any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs gecko - any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless iguanid, iguanid lizard - lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males worm lizard - 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 night lizard - small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young scincid, scincid lizard, skink - 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 teiid, teiid lizard - tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail agamid, agamid lizard - a lizard of the family Agamidae anguid lizard - 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 legless lizard - degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards Lanthanotus borneensis - a stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo venomous lizard - any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards lacertid, lacertid lizard - Old World terrestrial lizard chamaeleon, chameleon - lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue monitor lizard, varan, monitor - any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
	2.	lizard - a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him lounge lizard gigolo - a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman

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lizard noun

Related words
adjectives lacertilian, saurian

see reptiles

Translations

lizard [ˈlɪzəd] N (large) → lagarto m; (small) → lagartija f

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lizard [ˈlɪzə^rd] n → lézard m

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lizard

n → Eidechse f; (including larger forms also) → Echse f

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lizard [ˈlɪzəd] n → lucertola

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lizard [ˈlɪzəd] n → lucertola

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lizard

n lizard [ˈlizəd]

any of several types of usually small, four-footed reptile. akkedis عَظّايَه، سِحْلِيَّه гущер ještěrka firben die Eidechse σαύρα lagarto sisalik مارمولک؛ سوسمار lisko lézard לְטָאָה छिपकली, गोधिका gušter gyík kadal eðla lucertola とかげ 도마뱀 driežas ķirzaka cicak hagedis firfisle, øgle jaszczurka lagarto şopârlă ящерица jašterica kuščar gušter ödla สัตว์เลื้อยคลานพวกจิ้งจกหรือตุ๊กแก kertenkele 蜥蜴 ящірка گرگٹ یا چھپکلی con thằn lằn 蜥蜴

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lizard → السِحلية ještěrka firben Eidechse σαύρα lagarto lisko lézard gušter lucertola トカゲ 도마뱀 hagedis firfisle jaszczurka lagarto ящерица ödla สัตว์เลื้อยคลานเช่นจิ้งจกหรือตุ๊กแก kertenkele con thằn lằn 蜥蜴