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galliwasp|ˈgælɪwɒsp|
Also 8 gallewasp.
[Of unknown origin.]
A small lizard (Celestus occiduus), found in the West Indies.
1725Sloane Jamaica II. 334 A Galliwasp. This appear'd in all things to be a great Scinc. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 765 The fens and marshes do [breed] the guana and galle⁓wasp; but these last are not venomous. 1834M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. Ind. 113 A Galli-wasp..This is the Alligator in miniature. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! II. ix. 253 Sitting on the sandy turf, defiant of galliwasps and jack-spaniards. |