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lacerate |
lacerated |
laceration |
lacerative |
lacert |
lacerta
| lacerta agilis
| lacerta viridis
| lacertian
| lacertid
| lacertid lizard
lacerta
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lacerta has 1 sense
- lacerta(n = noun.animal) genus lacerta - type genus of the Lacertidae; Array is a kind of reptile genus
is a member of family lacertidae, lacertidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
lacerta, n. [L. lacertus the arm.].
A fathom. Domesday Book. [1913 Webster]
lacerta, n. [L. a lizard. See Lizard.].
- A genus of lizards. See Lizard. [1913 Webster]" Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green lizard (
Lacerta viridis ) and the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis ), of Europe." [1913 Webster] - The Lizard, a northern constellation. [1913 Webster]
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