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n. (animal) | 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. |
n. (person) | 2. lizard, lounge lizard | a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him. |
| ~ gigolo | a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman. |
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