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Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.
Freeman Dyson

Meaning of "lizard" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIZARD

Via Old French from Latin lacerta.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LIZARD

lizard  [ˈlɪzəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIZARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lizard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIZARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lizard

Lizard

Sauria Macartney, 1802 Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with approximately 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group, traditionally recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, is defined as all extant members of the Lepidosauria that are neither sphenodonts nor snakes – they form an evolutionary grade. While the snakes are recognized as falling phylogenetically within the Toxicofera clade from which they evolved, the sphenodonts are the sister group to the squamates, the larger monophyletic group, which includes both the lizards and the snakes.

Definition of lizard in the English dictionary

The definition of lizard in the dictionary is any reptile of the suborder Lacertilia, esp those of the family Lacertidae, typically having an elongated body, four limbs, and a long tail: includes the geckos, iguanas, chameleons, monitors, and slow worms related adjectives lacertilian saurian. Other definition of lizard is leather made from the skin of such an animal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIZARD


blizzard
ˈblɪzəd
gizzard
ˈɡɪzəd
guisard
ˈɡaɪzəd
izard
ˈɪzəd
izzard
ˈɪzəd
rizard
ˈrɪzəd
unrazored
ʌnˈreɪzəd
unscissored
ʌnˈsɪzəd
visored
ˈvaɪzəd
vizard
ˈvɪzəd
vizored
ˈvaɪzəd
wizard
ˈwɪzəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIZARD

livingness
Livingston
Livingstone
Livingstone daisy
Livonia
Livonian
Livorno
livraison
livre
Livy
livyer
lixivia
lixivial
lixiviate
lixiviation
lixivious
lixivium
lizard fish
Lizard Head
lizard orchid

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIZARD

bearded lizard
biohazard
buzzard
draco lizard
fire hazard
flying lizard
frill-necked lizard
frilled lizard
gotcha lizard
haphazard
horned lizard
jew lizard
Komodo lizard
lounge lizard
rough-legged buzzard
sand lizard
the Lizard
Tizard
wall lizard
worm lizard

Synonyms and antonyms of lizard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lizard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIZARD

Find out the translation of lizard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lizard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lizard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜥蜴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lagarto
570 millions of speakers

English

lizard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छिपकली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سِحْلِيَّةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ящерица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lagarto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টিকটিকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lézard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cicak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eidechse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トカゲ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도마뱀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kadal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con thằn lằn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kertenkele
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucertola
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jaszczurka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ящірка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șopârlă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαύρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

akkedis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ödla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

firfisle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lizard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIZARD»

The term «lizard» is very widely used and occupies the 15.669 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIZARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lizard

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10 QUOTES WITH «LIZARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lizard.
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Nicolas Cage
I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.
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Trevor Dunn
I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
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Freeman Dyson
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.
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Feist
There have been times I've planted stuff in songs where four years later I'll be singing it from a subconscious, kind of chameleon little lizard mind... and at a certain moment, all of a sudden, I'll hear a line from a different vantage point and it'll change its meaning. It's something I wrote but it changed because I did.
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Abbey Lee Kershaw
A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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Ken Kesey
You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.
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Neve McIntosh
I love playing 'Madame Vastra.' Although I do suffer, spending three-and-a-half hours in make-up every morning to have her lizard skin put on. I was so excited the first day when we did the make-up test, but after six hours, I was like, 'Can we finish now?'
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Chris Pratt
I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers.
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Chris Pratt
I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys.
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Geoffrey Rush
I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIZARD»

Discover the use of lizard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lizard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lizard Tales: The Wit & Wisdom of Ron Shirley
Reality TV star Shirley shares the hard-learned life lessons he has accumulated over the years, filled with side-splitting humor and liberally sprinkled with the Ronisms that have become his trademark.
Ron Shirley, 2010
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Lizard Care from A to Z: From Anoles to Zonosaurs
An alphabetically arranged guide to lizard care that provides information on how to keep lizards active and healthy in captivity and includes color photographs, illustrations, a glossary, and a bibliography. (back cover) This book provides ...
Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, 2008
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Lizard
A collection of six short stories incorporates themes of time, healing, and fate, following the adventures of young men and women who struggle to understand confusing emotions while embarking on journeys of self-discovery. Reprint.
Banana Yoshimoto, Ann Sherif, 1996
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The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories
This masterpiece collection represents a high watermark of America’s underbelly. Crime writing gets no better than this.
Otto Penzler, 2012
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Lizard Ecology
This 2006 book was the first critical review of the effects of lizard foraging modes in 30 years.
Stephen M. Reilly, Lance D. McBrayer, Donald B. Miles, 2007
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Lizard Loses His Tail
Lizard is lying in the sun, but over head there is a hungry kingfisher.
Beverley Randell, 1993
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The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's ...
Imagine The Sopranos, with snakes! The Lizard King is a fascinating account of a father and son family business suspected of smuggling reptiles, and the federal agent who tried to take them down.
Bryan Christy, 2008
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Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement
Bubba the bullfrog helps Milo the beaver build a dam by explaining to him the concepts of inches, feet, and yards.
Susan Hightower, Matt Novak, 1997
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Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.
Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, 2006
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Little Lizard's First Day
It's Gary the lizards first day of school.
Melinda Melton Crow, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIZARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lizard is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snake swallowing lizard whole looks like mutant reptile experiment …
Don't worry, this picture doesn't show the result of a mad scientist's attempts to create a lizard with a snake's head. In actual fact, the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Lizard to step up for Hyland | RACING.COM
Lizard Island (red cap) running second at Caulfield (Photo courtesy of Slickpix). Pat Hyland is hoping the talented Lizard Island can replace ... «Racing.com, Jul 15»
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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Lizard Causes Panic in Kano Mosque
Kano — Pandemonium almost broke out yesterday at Umar Bin Khattab Jumuat Mosque in Kano city when a lizard fell from the roof of the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Could the next Burmese python be a lizard from South America …
This month, a two-foot tegu identified as No. 1125 scampered through a bramble of thick sawgrass in the southern Everglades, a tiny backpack ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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The Verge Review of Animals: the all-female whiptail lizard | The …
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up 'til now, we've written about animals without ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
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Watch: Laura the lizard pops bubbles
In a recent video posted to Twitter by @voemas, a lizard named Laura shows how she enjoys popping bubbles. In just a matter of days the ... «fox4kc.com, Jul 15»
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Police: Man burglarized home, stole lizard
GLENS FALLS -- A South Glens Falls man was jailed overnight Friday after he allegedly burglarized his ex-girlfriend's home and stole a lizard, ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jul 15»
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Author has favorites on cinematic lizard list
Jurassic World is "really an inferior remake" of Dinosaurus!, he says, favoring the 1960 lizard bash. In both movies, people try to keep from ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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This pet lizard lives in a real-life video game, and I'm jealous as hell
I'm not even sure what type of lizard this is (probably a chameleon, right? It's got those weird mitten hands and animatronic swivel eyes), but it's ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
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125-million-year-old fossil eggs found in Thailand contain oldest …
They found features of a "hitherto unknown lizard," including a long and slender skull ending in a pointed snout, and a "quadrate" -- a jaw ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»

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