cycling lizard
Australian (now rare )
noun
Any of several small agamid lizards of the genus Ctenophorus (formerly Amphibolurus), whose leg motions when running bipedally resemble those of a cyclist; especially the ring-tailed dragon, C. caudicinctus (also called racehorse lizard).
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Mercury (Hobart).
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- non-olfactory
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- non-operating
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- non-ordained
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- non-orgasmic
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- non-original
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- no nothing
- non-owner
- non-ownership
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- non-participating