glass lizard

glass lizard

n. Any of several slender, limbless lizards of the genus Ophisaurus, having a tail that breaks or snaps off readily and later regenerates. Also called glass snake.

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[From the brittleness of its tail.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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glass lizard - snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tailglass snake, joint snakeanguid lizard - any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insectsgenus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus - glass lizards