lizard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lizard	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lizard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lizard n relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him Synonym(s): lounge lizard, lizard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lizard 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}.)