gridiron-tailed lizard n 1: swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico [syn: {zebra-tailed lizard}, {gridiron-tailed lizard}, {Callisaurus draconoides}]
gridiron-tailed lizard \gridiron-tailed lizard\ n. a lizard having a long tail with black bands ({Callisaurus draconoides}), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also {zebra-tailed lizard}. --RHUD [PJC]
zebra-tailed lizard \ze"bra-tailed liz`ard\ n. A lizard having a long tail with black bands ({Callisaurus draconoides}), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also {gridiron-tailed lizard}. --RHUD [PJC]