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COLLARED LIZARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collared lizard mean?
• COLLARED LIZARD (noun)
The noun COLLARED LIZARD has 1 sense:
1. any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
Familiarity information: COLLARED LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("collared lizard" is a kind of...):
iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)
Holonyms ("collared lizard" is a member of...):
Crotaphytus; genus Crotaphytus (collared lizards)
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