spiny lizard
English Thesaurus
1. any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | 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 | : | fence lizard, |
| definition | : | spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sagebrush lizard, sceloporus graciosus, |
| definition | : | a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains (noun.animal) |
2. desert lizard that feeds on ants (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | moloch, |
| definition | : | any lizard of the genus Moloch (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus moloch, |
| definition | : | genus of Australian desert lizard (noun.animal) |
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