lizard

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},
       {lizard}]
    

Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l['e]zard, L.
   lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.]
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   1. (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles
      belonging to the order {Lacertilia}; sometimes, also
      applied to reptiles of other orders, as the {Hatteria}.
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   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.
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   2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into
      one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir.
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   3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a
      heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
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   {Lizard snake} (Zool.), the garter snake ({Eut[ae]nia
      sirtalis}).

   {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard
      Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.
      [1913 Webster] lizardfish
    

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}.)