| 单词 | lizard |
| 释义 | lizard (once / 1242 pages) 1n 2n A lizard is a type of reptile that has scales for skin, a long body, a pointy tail, and usually four legs. And they breathe fire. Okay, maybe not that last part, but that would be awesome. Lizards can be smaller than an inch long, or massive in size and weight — like the Komodo dragon, which can grow over ten feet in length. A type of lizard called a chameleon can change colors whenever it wants, and the Jesus lizard can walk on water. Most lizards live in deserts or jungles, however the word lizard comes from the Latin lacertus, which means “sea fish” — perhaps because they look like a monster that crawled out of the ocean. WORD FAMILYlizard: lizards USAGE EXAMPLESThe photographer began travelling the world armed with different-sized tents in which to photograph smaller animals like birds and lizards. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Nine different species from extinct lizards to trapdoor spiders got their names from the 44th U.S. president, which is more than any of his predecessors. Science Magazine(Dec 29, 2016) But the lizard looked generic from that angle and distance. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 n relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail 2Hypo|Hyper gecko any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless iguanid, iguanid lizardlizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males worm lizarda lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail night lizardsmall secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young scincid, scincid lizard, skinkalert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide teiid, teiid lizardtropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail agamid, agamid lizarda lizard of the family Agamidae anguid lizardany of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects legless lizarddegenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards Lanthanotus borneensisa stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo venomous lizardany of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards lacertid, lacertid lizardOld World terrestrial lizard chamaeleon, chameleonlizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue monitor, monitor lizard, varanany of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles Ptychozoon homalocephalum, flying gecko, fringed geckoa gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances banded geckoany of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids; of United States southwest and Florida Gulf Coast Iguana iguana, common iguana, iguanalarge herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America Amblyrhynchus cristatus, marine iguanashore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands Dipsosaurus dorsalis, desert iguanasmall long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico Sauromalus obesus, chuckwallaa herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico Callisaurus draconoides, gridiron-tailed lizard, zebra-tailed lizardswift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico Uma notata, fringe-toed lizardwith long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico earless lizardany of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico collared lizardany of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico leopard lizardany of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico spiny lizardany of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America Uta stansburiana, sand lizard, side-blotched lizardone of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States Urosaurus ornatus, tree lizarda climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico horned lizard, horned toad, horny froginsectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America basilisksmall crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis, anolesmall arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color Eumeces skiltonianus, western skinkfound in western North American grasslands and open woodlands Eumeces callicephalus, mountain skinkfrequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico whiptail, whiptail lizardany of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards tejularge (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food caiman lizardcrocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels agamasmall terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World Chlamydosaurus kingi, frilled lizardlarge arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck dragon, flying dragon, flying lizardany of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body molochany lizard of the genus Moloch alligator lizardslim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America Anguis fragilis, blindworm, slowwormsmall burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind glass lizard, glass snake, joint snakesnakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail Gila monster, Heloderma suspectumlarge orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested Heloderma horridum, Mexican beaded lizard, beaded lizardlizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico Lacerta agilis, sand lizarda common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia Lacerta viridis, green lizarda common Eurasian lizard about a foot long African chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleona chameleon found in Africa Chamaeleo oweni, horned chameleona kind of chameleon African monitor, Varanus niloticusdestroys crocodile eggs Komodo dragon, Komodo lizard, Varanus komodoensis, dragon lizard, giant lizardthe largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands saurian any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs n a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him Syn|Hyper lounge lizard gigolo a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman |
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