galliwaspn.
/ˈɡalɪwɒsp/, U.S. /ˈɡæləˌwɑsp/ A small lizard ( Celestus occiduus), found in the West Indies.
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1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 334 A Galliwasp. This appear'd in all things to be a great Scinc.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 765 The fens and marshes do [breed] the guana and galle~wasp; but these last are not venomous.
a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 113 A Galli-wasp..This is the Alligator in miniature.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! II. ix. 253 Sitting on the sandy turf, defiant of galliwasps and jack-spaniards.
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