| 单词 | legless lizard |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegless lizard legless lizard n. any lizard that lacks legs (or has vestigial legs), giving it a snake-like or worm-like appearance; esp. a member of the Australasian family Pygopodidae or the American family Anniellidae. ΚΠ 1855 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) 327 The Blind-worm is not a snake, as generally supposed, but a legless lizard of the Skink family. 1930 G. Poteet in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 126 The ‘glass snake’ is actually a legless lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis ). 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 298/1 Infraorder Anguimorpha includes Glass lizards and Alligator lizards (Anguidae), Legless lizards (Annelidae [sic]), Rock lizards (Xenosauridae), [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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