lizard
English Thesaurus
1. relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | saurian, |
definition | : | any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | gecko, |
definition | : | any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | iguanid, iguanid lizard, |
definition | : | lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | worm lizard, |
definition | : | a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | night lizard, |
definition | : | small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | scincid, scincid lizard, skink, |
definition | : | alert 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 (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | teiid, teiid lizard, |
definition | : | tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | anguid lizard, |
definition | : | any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | legless lizard, |
definition | : | degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | venomous lizard, |
definition | : | any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards; only known venomous lizards (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | chamaeleon, chameleon, |
definition | : | lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | monitor, monitor lizard, varan, |
definition | : | any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles (noun.animal) |
2. a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him (noun.person)
hypernym | : | gigolo, |
definition | : | a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman (noun.person) |
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