lizard

[US]/'lɪzəd/
[UK]/'lɪzɚd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of reptile; a creature that crawls on four legs and has rough skin and a long tail

Example Sentences

Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing.

The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.

it becomes so hot that the lizards retreat into the shade.

lizards scrabbling across the walls.

lizards that skitter away when approached.

the inhabitants of a fishing village; snakes, lizards, and other inhabitants of the desert.

9.Of, relating to, or characteristic of lizards and closely related reptiles;Saurian.

Although its name is Greek for "fish lizard," Ichthyosaurus was no fish—it was a reptile that swam the Mesozoic oceans.

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.

only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.

Egg and hatchling characteristics of two species of lacertid lizards, Takydromus sexlineatus and T.septentrionalis, were compared.

type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs.

Real-world Examples

What is the largest living lizard in the world?

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

Researchers studied a lizard called the crested anole.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

Leaving more lizards alive, to flee another day.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation July 2016

Unless it was the giant lizards controlling the government!

Source: 6 Minute English

The name Ceratosaurus means horned lizard.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Hear me, you lazy lounge lizard.

Source: Mulan 2

English naturalist Charles Darwin called Marine Iguanas " disgusting, clumsy lizards."

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

The study examined 96 Anolis cristatellus lizards.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

And they're much bigger than most European lizards.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 13

But for many of us, he was the first lizard we ever knew.

Source: Our Day Season 2

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