lizard
sustantivocorriente en diálogos
- Estados Unidos//ˈlɪzɚd//
- Australia//ˈlɪzəd//
- Australia/[ˈlɪzəd]/
- Nueva Zelanda//ˈləzəd//
- Nueva Zelanda/[ˈləzəd]/
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.
sustantivo
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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.
The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
The forms of the serpent and lizard exhibit almost every element of beauty and horror in strange combination; […]
Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.
When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus.
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Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
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An unctuous person.
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A coward.
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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.
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A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman.
lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
Etimología
From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).
Formas
- plural
- lizards
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