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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde OF lesarde F. l['e]zard, L.
lacerta, lacertus. Cf {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.]
1. (Zo["o]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[ae]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["o]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the
genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[oe]tens} of the
Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also
{sand pike}.
{Lizard snake} (Zo["o]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[ae]nia
sirtalis}).
{Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard
Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lizard
n 1: relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of
legs and a tapering tail
2: a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in
search of women who would support him [syn: {lounge lizard}]
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}.)
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