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Definition: Lizard |
LizardNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lizard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | 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.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of lizards, foretells attacks upon you by enemies. If you kill a lizard, you will regain your lost reputation or fortune; but if it should escape, you will meet vexations and crosses in love and business. For a woman to dream that a lizard crawls up her skirt, or scratches her, she will have much misfortune and sorrow. Her husband will be a victim to invalidism and she will be left a widow, and little sustenance will be eked out by her own labors. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Lizard (The). Supposed, at one time, to be venomous, and hence a "lizard's leg" was an ingredient of the witch's cauldron in Macbeth. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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This page is about Lizards, the order of reptile. See also Lizard, Cornwall and Lizard (comics).
Lizards
Coachella Valley Fringe-toed LizardScientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Sub-order: Sauria Lizards are reptiles of the order Squamata, which they share with the snakes. They are usually four-legged, with external ear openings and movable eyelids. Species range in adult length from a few centimeters (some Caribbean geckos) to nearly three meters (Komodo dragons).
Some lizard species called "glass snakes" or "glass lizards" have no functional legs, though there are some vestigal skeletal leg structures. They are distinguished from true snakes by the presence of eyelids and ears.
Many lizards can change color in response to their environments or in times of stress. The most familiar example is the chameleon, but more subtle color changes occur in other lizard species as well.
Lizards typically feed on insects or rodents. A few species are omnivorous and can also eat plants. Only two lizard species are poisonous: the Mexican beaded lizard and the Gila monster, both of which live in northern Mexico and southern Texas. They are typically not hazardous to humans as their poison is introduced slowly by chewing, rather than injected as with most poisonous snakes.
Other small lizards are harmless to humans (most species native to North America, for example, are incapable of drawing blood with their bites).
Most lizards lay eggs, though a few species are capable of live birth.
Lizards in the Scincomorpha family, which include skinks (such as the blue-tailed skink), often have shiny, iridescent scales that appear moist. But like all other lizards, they are dry-skinned, generally preferring to avoid water (though all lizards are able to swim if needed).
Zebra tail lizard from Death ValleyClassification of lizards
Suborder Sauria (Lacertilia) - (Lizards)
- Infraorder Iguania
- Family Agamidae: agamas
- Family Chamaeleonidae: chameleons
- Family Iguanidae: iguanas and spinytail iguanas
- Family Corytophanidae: casquehead lizards
- Family Crotaphytidae: collared and leopard lizards
- Family Hoplocercidae: wood lizards, clubtails
- Family Leiocephalidae
- Family Leiosauridae
- Family Liolaemidae
- Family Opluridae: Madagascar iguanids
- Family Phrynosomatidae: earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards)
- Family Polychrotidae: anoles
- Family Tropiduridae: neotropical ground lizards
- Infraorder Gekkota
- Family Gekkonidae: geckos
- Family Pygopodidae: legless lizards
- Family Dibamidae: blind lizards
- Infraorder Scincomorpha
- Family Scincidae: skinks
- Family Lacertidae: wall lizards or true lizards
- Family Teiidae tegus
- Family Cordylidae: spinytail lizards
- Family Gerrhosauridae: plated lizards
- Family Gymnophthalmidae: spectacled lizards
- Family Xantusiidae: night lizards
- Infraorder Diploglossa
- Family Anguidae: glass lizards
- Family Anniellidae: American legless lizards
- Family Xenosauridae: knob-scaled lizards
- Infraorder Platynota (Varanoidea)
- Family Varanidae: monitor lizards
- Family Lanthanotidae: earless monitor lizards
- Family Helodermatidae: gila monsters
Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) of the family Corytophanidae.
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References
Everything you need for your lizard
Anthony Herrel's lizard page - http://www.uia.ac.be/u/aherrel/animals.html The EMBL reptile database http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html Tiny gecko is 'world's smallest' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1689000/1689313.stm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lizard."
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The Lizard is a fictional character appearing in the comic book Amazing Spider-Man.The Lizard is the alter-ego of a brilliant human scientist whose fields of expertise encompass both herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians) and advanced experimental medicine (gene therapy).
Dr. Curt Conners, being an amputee himself, hoped to find a way to regenerate the lost or damaged limbs of disabled people. To this end, he studied the regenerative nature of reptiles and amphibians. He developed a radically advanced form of therapy which could reproduce these regenerative ablities in humans and began to use this therapy in experiments.
One such experiment went terribly wrong. Dr. Conners was contaminated by his medical serum and physically transformed into the subject of his years of research in herpatology: a lizard.
As "The Lizard" Conners became a threat to humanity; a green, scaly, lizard-human hybrid with an insane determination to wipe out the human race and replace its population with reptiles. Fortunately, in this form Conners was not as intelligent. Eventually defeated by Spider-Man and returned to his benevolent former self, Conners still transforms back into the evil "Lizard" to plague the web-slinger every now and again.
- Name: Curtis Conners
- Height: 5' 11"
- Weight: 175 lbs.
- Eyes: (as Connors) Blue, (as Lizard) Red
- Hair: (as Connors) Brown, (as Lizard) None
- Other features: When transformed into the Lizard, Curt Connors becomes a humanoid reptile, complete with green scales and tail.
- Intelligence: (Connors) Gifted; (Lizard) Non-sentient, formerly normal
- Strength: (Lizard) Superhuman Class 10
- Speed: (Lizard) Superhuman
- Stamina: (Lizard) Superhuman
- Durability: (Lizard) Metahuman regenerative
- Agility: (Lizard) Superhuman
- Reflexes: (Lizard) Superhuman
- Note: All physical abilities in the human (Conners form) are normal.
- Superhuman physical powers: Ability to scale sheer surfaces. Superhuman strength in tail. Limited telepathinc ability to mentally communicate and command reptiles.
- Special limitations: The Lizard, being exothermic, is sensitive to cold envirenments.
- Origin of superhuman powers: Mutagenic chemicals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lizard (comics)."
Synonym: LizardSynonym: lounge lizard (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Lizard |
| English words defined with "lizard": agamid lizard, alligator lizard ♦ beaded lizard ♦ caiman lizard ♦ dragon lizard ♦ eastern fence lizard ♦ fence lizard, frilled lizard ♦ giant lizard, glass lizard, green lizard, gridiron-tailed lizard ♦ horned lizard ♦ Komodo lizard ♦ Lace lizard, lacertid lizard, legless lizard, Lizard stone ♦ Mexican beaded lizard ♦ night lizard ♦ Pine lizard ♦ sand lizard, scincid lizard, spiny lizard, Stump-tailed lizard ♦ teiid lizard, tree lizard ♦ Wall lizard, Water lizard, western fence lizard, worm lizard ♦ zebra-tailed lizard. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lizard": anole lizard ♦ Lizard Islands, Lizard Point. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lizard": Teleosaurus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Dragon, not lizard. I don't do that tongue thing (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao) I am the lizard queen (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Dumb enough to let a lizard crawl up your leg. (Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain; writing credit: Barry Glasser) ! Grrr! Grrr! Your mother was a lizard! (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas) I let that sneaky lizard lead me right into Megatron's jamming zone (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) | |
Lyrics | Shake up the picture the lizard mixture (New Moon on Monday; performing artist: Duran Duran) YKK on yo zippa lick you like a lizard (So Fresh, So Clean; performing artist: Outkast) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fansom the Lizard (2000) Lizard (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The lighthouse at Cabo Cruz- site locality of very rare lizard whose total range is approximately four acres. Credit: Small World. |  | Lizard in wildlife habitat area in southern New Mexico. Credit: Gary Kramer. |
 | Lizard, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey. |  | Close shot of lizard, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey. |
 | Collard Lizard sitting on lichen covered rock at West Peak WSA. (WSA 2-72J). Credit: Scott Moore. |  | Farshot of lizard resting on a rock. Credit: John Craig. |
 | Medium shot of lizard resting on a rock. Credit: John Craig. |  | Lizard minus tail. Credit: John Craig. |
 | A Collar Lizard found in the Dry Creek Wilderness Study Area. OR 3-53. Credit: Conrad. |  | Lizard on dead sagebrush at East Alvord Wilderness Study Area. OR 2-73A. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Lizard" by Antti H Commentary: "Taken with olympus camedia 3040zoom." | "Lizard model" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Spike posing ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Last Chance To See | Douglas Adams | There is something profoundly disturbing about watching an eye that is watching you, particularly when the eye that is watching you is almost the same size as your eye, and the thing that it is watching you out of is a lizard. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Shoes produced of python, crocodile, lizard or snake leather (or imitation), as well those made in very loud and intense colors, are enjoying a great demand currently. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lizard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.49% of the time. "Lizard" is used about 205 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80.49% | 165 | 24,305 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.51% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Total | 100.00% | 205 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "lizard": agamid lizard ♦ alligator lizard ♦ anguid lizard ♦ anole lizard ♦ beaded lizard ♦ caiman lizard ♦ collared lizard ♦ dragon lizard ♦ earless lizard ♦ eastern fence lizard ♦ fence lizard ♦ flying lizard ♦ frilled lizard ♦ giant lizard ♦ glass lizard ♦ green lizard ♦ horned lizard ♦ iguanid lizard ♦ komodo lizard ♦ Lace lizard ♦ lacertid lizard ♦ legless lizard ♦ leopard lizard ♦ Lion lizard ♦ lizard fish ♦ lizard orchid ♦ lizard skin ♦ Lizard snake ♦ Lizard stone ♦ lounge lizard ♦ mexican beaded lizard ♦ monitor lizard ♦ night lizard ♦ pine lizard ♦ sagebrush lizard ♦ sand lizard ♦ scincid lizard ♦ sleeping lizard ♦ spiny lizard ♦ star lizard ♦ teiid lizard ♦ Texas horned lizard ♦ thunder lizard ♦ Toad lizard ♦ tree lizard ♦ venomous lizard ♦ wall lizard ♦ water lizard ♦ western fence lizard ♦ whiptail lizard ♦ worm lizard. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lizard": lizard-bites, lizard-clad, lizard-eating, lizard-grease, lizard-hipped, lizard-like, lizard-tailed. | |
Ending with "lizard": clay-lizard, lounge-lizard, Weston-under-lizard. | |
Containing "lizard": green-lizard-lidded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lizard | 2,831 | lizard island | 54 |
broken lizard | 293 | collared lizard | 49 |
lizard picture | 250 | bearded dragon lizard | 49 |
lizard tattoo | 198 | anole lizard | 49 |
pet lizard | 181 | lizard king | 45 |
monitor lizard | 172 | green lizard | 44 |
lounge lizard | 149 | lizard cage | 44 |
horned lizard | 83 | island lizard long | 44 |
gecko lizard | 73 | blue lizard | 40 |
alligator lizard | 73 | flying lizard | 39 |
frilled lizard | 69 | austin lounge lizard | 38 |
lizard for sale | 67 | lizard texas | 36 |
type of lizard | 67 | cartoon lizard | 36 |
yellow spotted lizard | 63 | lizard photo | 35 |
lizard winking | 61 | lizard skin | 35 |
basilisk lizard | 59 | frisky lizard | 35 |
lot lizard | 57 | care of lizard | 33 |
collard lizard | 56 | chameleon lizard | 33 |
jesus lizard | 56 | lizard pic | 31 |
florida lizard | 55 | desert lizard | 29 |
reptile lizard | 29 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lizard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | akkerdis, akkeldis, akkedis. (various references) | |
Albanian | hardhucë, hardhje. (various references) | |
Arabic | سحلية, السقاية, العظاءة سحلية. (various references) | |
Aymara | jararankhu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гущер (gecko). (various references) | |
Chamorro | guali'ek. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蜥蜴 . (various references) | |
Cornish | pedrevan. (various references) | |
Czech | ještìrka (gecko, guana). (various references) | |
Danish | firben. (various references) | |
Dutch | Hagedis. (various references) | |
Esperanto | lacerto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ferføtla. (various references) | |
Farsi | مارمولک(ج.ش.), سوسمار (Crocodile, Worm), بزمجه . (various references) | |
Finnish | lisko (pod), sisilisko. (various references) | |
French | lézard. (various references) | |
German | Eidechse (Lacerta), echse (saurian). (various references) | |
Greek | σαύρα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לטאה, חרדון (agama). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyík. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kadal, cecak (dot, fleck, nip, spot, tweak). (various references) | |
Italian | Lucertola. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 蜥蜴 , リサジューの図形 (fracture, Lissajous's figure, list, list broker, listing, lithograph, lizardman, lysine, reconstruction, reject, reserve, restart, restore, restructure, restructuring, result, resurrection, RISC, risk, risk control, risk factor, risk finance, squirrel, wrist, wristband). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | リザード , せきえき, とかげ. (various references) | |
Korean | 도마뱀. (various references) | |
Manx | jiolgan leaghyr, jialgheer. (various references) | |
Maya | choop. (various references) | |
Norwegian | firfirsle. (various references) | |
Papago | hujud. (various references) | |
Papiamen | lagadishi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | izardlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lagarto (basilisk). (various references) | |
Romanian | şopârlã. (various references) | |
Romany | shapòorka. (various references) | |
Russian | ящерица. (various references) | |
Scottish | dearc (an asp, behold, berry, lizard : dearc-luachrach). (various references) | |
Sepedi | mokgaditswana. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gušter. (various references) | |
Shona | dzvinyu. (various references) | |
Spanish | lagarto (dragonet). (various references) | |
Swazi | um-golólo. (various references) | |
Swedish | ödla. (various references) | |
Turkish | kertenkele (lacertian). (various references) | |
Turkmen | suwulgan, kelpeze, haЈЈuk, as. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | лізард. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | con thằn lằn. (various references) | |
Welsh | genau-goeg (newt). (various references) | |
Yucatec | huh (iguana). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | sauros. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | basiliscum, lacerta, lacertos, stelio, stilio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai kalabwthV cersin ereidomenoV kai eualwtoV wn katoikei en ocurwmasin basilewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Stilio manibus nititur et moratur in aedibus regis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A lisard with hondis cleueth, and he dwellith in the housis of a king. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Ang lawa-lawa nagapangapyot pinaagi sa iyang mga kamot, Bisan pa niini siya anaa sa mga palacio sa mga hari. |
| Chinese | 守 宮 用 爪 抓 牆 、 卻 住 在 王 宮 。 |
| Croatian | gušter, što se rukama hvata, a prodire u kraljevske palaèe. |
| Danish | Firbenet, det kan man gribe med Hænder, er dog i Kongers Paladser. |
| Dutch | De spinnekop grijpt met de handen, en is in de paleizen der koningen. |
| Finnish | sisiliskoon voi tarttua käsin, mutta kuitenkin se oleskelee kuninkaan linnoissa. |
| French | Le lézard saisit avec les mains, Et se trouve dans les palais des rois. |
| German | die Spinne, wirkt mit ihren Händen und ist in der Könige Schlössern. |
| Haitian Creole | Se zandolit: ou ka pran yo nan men ou. Men, ou jwenn yo nan palè wa yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Cicak, binatang yang dapat ditangkap dengan tangan, tetapi terdapat di istana raja. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan laba-laba itu mencapai dengan kakinya, maka adalah juga ia di dalam maligai raja. |
| Korean | 손 에 잡 힐 만 하 여 도 왕 궁 에 있 는 도 마 뱀 이 니 라 |
| Maori | Ko te mokomoko, ko ona peke hei pupuri mana; otiia kei roto ia i nga whare kingi. |
| Norwegian | firfislen kan du gripe med hendene, og allikevel finnes den i kongelige palasser. |
| Portuguese | a lagartixa apanha-se com as mãos, contudo anda nos palácios dos reis. |
| Rumanian | pqianjenul kl poyi prinde cu mknile, wi se gqsewte totuw kn casele kmpqrayilor. |
| Russian | РБХЛ МБРЛБНЙ ГЕРМСЕФУС, ОП ВЩЧБЕФ Ч ГБТУЛЙИ ЮЕТФПЗБИ. |
| Spanish | y la lagartija, que atrapas con las manos, pero está en los palacios del rey. |
| Swedish | gecko-ödlan kan gripas med händerna, dock bor hon i konungapalatser. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lizard": lizards. (additional references) | |
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"Lizard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alivardi, Alysardi, Dizzard, Izari, Lazzaro, Lessard, lezard, Lipara, Lisiard, Lizardo, lizardy, Lizars, lizerd, lizzard, Lunardi, Luzar, Luzardi, Luzira, lyard, Lybardde, Nizar, Pizzardo, Rizzardi, Vizard. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lizard" (pronounced li"zerd) |
| 5 | l i" z er d | blizzard. |
| 4 | -i" z er d | Izzard, gizzard, wizard. |
| 3 | -z er d | biohazard, buzzard, haphazard, hazard. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-r-z" | |
-1 letter: drail, laird, liard, lidar. | |
-2 letters: arid, aril, dial, dirl, izar, laid, lair, lard, lari, liar, lira, raid, rail, rial. | |
-3 letters: adz, aid, ail, air, dal, lad, lar, lid, rad, ria, rid. | |
-4 letters: ad, ai, al, ar, id, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-r-z" | |
+1 letter: lizards. | |
+2 letters: blizzard, dialyzer, realized, wizardly. | |
+3 letters: blizzards, blizzardy, calorized, dialyzers, idealizer, laterized, moralized, pearlized, polarized, rhizoidal, ruralized, solarized, valorized, velarized. | |
+4 letters: blizzardly, brazilwood, brutalized, cartelized, demoralize, depolarize, federalize, formalized, glamorized, idealizers, linearized, marbleized, normalized, pluralized, radicalize, ritualized, serialized, unrealized, verbalized, vernalized, vulgarized. | |
+5 letters: adrenalized, aerosolized, allegorized, bipolarized, brazilwoods, burglarized, caramelized, centralized, crystalized, deformalize, deglamorize, demoralized, demoralizer, demoralizes, depolarized, depolarizer, depolarizes, desacralize, detribalize, eternalized, federalized, federalizes, generalized, glamourized, hydralazine, journalized, lateralized, liberalized, literalized, militarized, mineralized, modularized, naturalized, neutralized, plagiarized, popularized, radicalized, radicalizes, recanalized, regularized, relativized, repolarized, revalorized, revitalized, secularized, thermalized, trapezoidal, trivialized, unpolarized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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