lizard

noun
liz·ard
/ˈlɪzəd/

Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.

Other meanings

Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

Kinds of lizard

gecko
worm lizard
night lizard
legless lizard
venomous lizard
monitor

Example sentences

“I like to sing to my lizard.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Lizard people probably aren't real.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "lacertus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “lizard” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.