| 单词 | cycling lizard |
| 释义 | > as lemmascycling lizard cycling lizard n. Australian (now rare) any of several small agamid lizards of the genus Ctenophorus (formerly Amphibolurus), whose leg motions when running bipedally resemble those of a cyclist; esp. the ring-tailed dragon, C. caudicinctus (also called racehorse lizard). ΚΠ 1928 Mercury (Hobart) 6 Nov. 7/5 Other interesting things are the racehorse and cycling lizards, circular saw grub, pig beetle, and frog or barking lizard. 1955 A. Ross Australia 55 46 The ‘cycling’ lizard, whose leg motions resemble the pedalling action of a man on a bicycle,..of which the Commonwealth Railway brochure speaks so enticingly. 1995 E. S. Fisk Hardly ever Dull Moment 18 I spoke learnedly about the echidna, the wombat, the cycling lizard, none of which I had ever seen. < as lemmas |
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