liz·ard

[liz-erd]
noun
1.
any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing species.
2.
any of various reptiles resembling a lizard, as a dinosaur or crocodile.
3.
leather made from the skin of the lizard, used for shoes, purses, etc.
4.
( initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Lacerta.
6.
Nautical. a pennant used as a leader for running rigging, having a thimble or bull's-eye.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English liserd, variant of lesard(e) < Middle French lesarde < Latin lacerta

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lizard (ˈlɪzəd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  any reptile of the suborder Lacertilia (or Sauria), esp those of the family Lacertidae (Old World lizards), typically having an elongated body, four limbs, and a long tail: includes the geckos, iguanas, chameleons, monitors, and slow wormsRelated: lacertilian, saurian
2.  a.  leather made from the skin of such an animal
 b.  (as modifier): a lizard handbag
 
Related: lacertilian, saurian
 
[C14: via Old French from Latin lacerta]

Lizard (ˈlɪzəd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the Lizard Lizard Head, Also known as: the Lizard Peninsula a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain

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Word Origin & History

lizard
"an animal resembling a serpent, with legs added to it" [Johnson], late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. lusard, from O.Fr. lesard (fem. laisarde), from L. lacertus (fem. lacerta) "lizard," of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE base *leq- "to bend, twist."
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Lizard definition


Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew _letaah_, so called from its "hiding." Supposed to be the Lacerta gecko or fan-foot lizard, from the toes of which poison exudes. (See CHAMELEON.)

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Example sentences
The computer model showed that the skull of the giant lizard varies in density.
See a lizard dart out from behind a shrub and listen to the melodic tunes of
  the meadowlarks.
Elsewhere they have gone to court for the blunt-nosed leopard lizard and the
  giant kangaroo rat.
Perhaps the part of the song that arouses our lizard brain is the instrumental
  opening.
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