liz·ard 
(lĭzərd)
(lĭzərd)n.
1. Any of numerous squamate reptiles often classified in the suborder Lacertilia, characteristically having a scaly elongated body with a tapering tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and external ear openings.
2. Leather made from the skin of one of these reptiles.
[Middle English lesarde, lisard, from Old French lesarde, from Latin lacerta, of unknown origin.]