racerunner

race·run·ner

R0005500 (rās′rŭn′ər)n. Any of several swift teiid lizards, especially Aspidoscelis sexlineata (syn. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus) of the United States and northern Mexico, having a brownish body with longitudinal light-colored stripes.

race•run•ner

(ˈreɪsˌrʌn ər)

n. a whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, common in the eastern and central U.S., that runs with great speed. [1640–50]

Thesaurus

Noun

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racerunner - very swift lizard of eastern and central United StatesCnemidophorus sexlineatus, race runner, six-lined racerunnerwhiptail, whiptail lizard - any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards