Lizard

/ˈlɪz.əːd/ · noun

Meaning

Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of †Mosasauria—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless..

Definitions by Sense

1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of †Mosasauria—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
2. (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
3. (colloquial) An unctuous person.
4. (colloquial) A coward.
5. (rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
6. (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.

Example Sentences

The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.

The forms of the serpent and lizard exhibit almost every element of beauty and horror in strange combination; […]

Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.

When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus.

Pinned against my neighbours, I could feel small hands, fleeting as lizards, fluttering lightly through my pockets in search of money, mobile, wallet.

Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown

lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

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