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galliwasp /ˈɡalɪwɒsp /nounA marsh lizard found in Central America and the Caribbean.- Genus Diploglossus, family Anguidae: many species, in particular D. monotropis of the West Indies.
Divorcing himself from feelings, he comes up with a weird comparison between human beings and galliwasps....- In 1956, Cousens reported that a Jamaican giant galliwasp had not been collected in over one hundred years.
- Sloane described and illustrated one of these, the great galliwasp, which later became extinct.
Origin Late 17th century: of unknown origin. |