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Etymology
From AF. lusard, from OF. lesard (feminine laisarde, French: lézard), from L. lacertus.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-lizard.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. Any reptiles of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
2. Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

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#*: Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown

1. colloquial An unctuous person.
2. colloquial A coward.

Related terms
lizard-skin
lounge lizard

Translations
trans-top|Reptile
Apache:

Arabic: ARchar|سح��ة (siħliyya) f, ARchar|ضب (�abb) m, ARchar|عظاءة (�a���a) f, ARchar|برص (bur�) m
Bosnian: gušter#Bosnian|gušter m
Bulgarian: г��е� (gušter) m
Cherokee: ���� (doyohila)
Chinese: �� (xīyì)
Czech: ješt�rka f
Dutch: hagedis m
Erzya: ме��каз (metjkaz)
Esperanto: lacerto
Finnish: lisko
French: lézard m
German: Eidechse f
Greek: �α��α (sávra) f
Guarani: teju
Hebrew: ����|�ְ�ָ�ָ� (l�t�'�h) f
Hindi: �िप�ल� (�ipkalī) g|Hindi
Hungarian: gyík
Interlingua: lacerta
Italian: lucertola f
Japanese: �� (���, tokage)
Korean: ��� (domabaem)
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Kurdish: KUchar|�ار���ک��
Latin: lacerta f
Latvian: Ä·irzaka f
Lithuanian: driežas m
Macedonian: г���е� m
Maori: ng�rara
Malay: cicak
Maltese: wiżgħa f
Mongolian: гү�в�л (gürvel)
Navajo: na�ashǫ��ii
Norwegian: øgle f, firfisle c
Polish: jaszczurka f
Portuguese: lagarto m
Proto-Polynesian: *moko
Russian: ��е�и�а (jáš�eritsa) f
Sardinian: tiligherta f
Scottish Gaelic: laghairt m|f
Serbian:

Slovene: kuš�ar m
Spanish: lagarto m
Swedish: ödla c
Telugu: బల�లి (balli)
Welsh: madfall f
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trans-top|Unctuous person
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trans-top|Coward
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