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Lizard : (noun)
1: relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of
legs and a tapering tail
2: a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in
search of women who would support him [syn: lounge lizard]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Lizard : \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l['e]zard, L.
lacerta, lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles
belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied
to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.
Note: 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 Amphisb[ae]na, Chameleon,
Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and
Dragon, 6.
2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into
one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir.
3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a
heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
Lizard fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the
genus Synodus, or Saurus, esp. S. f[oe]tens of the
Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also
sand pike.
Lizard snake (Zo["o]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[ae]nia
sirtalis).
Lizard stone (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard
Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Lizard : Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew _letaah_, so called
from its "hiding." Supposed to be the Lacerta gecko or fan-foot
lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. (See CHAMELEON.)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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