lizard
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lizard/ˈlɪzəd/
▶noun a reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough, scaly, or spiny skin. [Suborder Lacertilia: many species.]
– origin ME: from OFr. lesard(e), from L. lacertus ‘lizard, sea fish’, also ‘muscle’.
'lizard' also found in these Oxford entries:
agama
- alligator
- alligator lizard
- allosaurus
- ankylosaur
- anole
- apatosaurus
- autotomy
- basilisk
- bearded dragon
- brachiosaurus
- brontosaurus
- carnosaur
- chameleon
- coelurosaur
- dinosaur
- dromaeosaur
- elasmosaur
- flying lizard
- frilled lizard
- galliwasp
- gecko
- giganotosaurus
- Gila monster
- glass lizard
- goanna
- hadrosaur
- horned toad
- iguana
- Komodo dragon
- lacertilian
- lizard orchid
- lounge lizard
- marine iguana
- mesosaur
- moloch
- monitor
- mosasaur
- pelycosaur
- plesiosaur
- pliosaur
- pterosaur
- salamander
- -saur
- saurian
- saurischian
- sauropod
- seismosaurus
- skink
