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Lizard

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liz=ard

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Lizard has 2 senses

lizard(n = noun.animal) Array - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail; Array

is a kind of

saurian

has particulars: gecko, iguanid, iguanid lizard, worm lizard, night lizard, scincid, scincid lizard, skink, teiid, teiid lizard, agamid, agamid lizard, anguid lizard, legless lizard, lanthanotus borneensis, venomous lizard, lacertid, lacertid lizard, chamaeleon, chameleon, monitor, monitor lizard, varan

lizard(n = noun.person) lounge lizard - a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him; Array

is a kind of gigolo

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Lizard, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. lézard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta.].

Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. [1913 Webster]
" Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisbæna, Chameleon, Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and Dragon, 6." [1913 Webster]
A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. R. H. Dana, Ir. [1913 Webster]
A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. [1913 Webster]

Lizard snake (Zoöl.), the garter snake (Eutænia sirtalis). -- Lizard stone (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Lizard, n. any reptile of the suborder Lacertilia, having usu. a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough or scaly hide.

Etymology

ME f. OF lesard(e) f. L lacertus

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