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| anole |
any lizard of the genus Anoli, in which the male has a throat flap and all individuals have the ability to change colors. |
| basilisk |
in classical mythology, a lizard, serpent, or dragon with a deadly breath or glance. [1/2 definitions] |
| chuckwalla |
a large lizard, related to the iguana, that lives in the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
| Gila monster |
a large poisonous lizard of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with a stubby tail and scaly rings of black and orange, yellow, or pink covering its skin. |
| Komodo Dragon |
a carnivorous lizard of the monitor family found in Indonesia and, growing up to ten feet long, the largest species of lizard in the world. |
| lizard |
the skin of a lizard made into leather. [1/2 definitions] |
| Moloch |
(l.c.) a spiny, ant-eating lizard native to the Australian desert. [1/2 definitions] |
| monitor |
any of a variety of large carnivorous lizards of Southeast Asia and Australia; monitor lizard. [1/11 definitions] |
| -saurus |
lizard (used in the scientific names of certain reptile genera). |
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