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FENCE LIZARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fence lizard mean?
• FENCE LIZARD (noun)
The noun FENCE LIZARD has 1 sense:
1. spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
Familiarity information: FENCE LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("fence lizard" is a kind of...):
spiny lizard (any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fence lizard"):
blue-belly; Sceloporus occidentalis; swift; western fence lizard (common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks)
eastern fence lizard; pine lizard; Sceloporus undulatus (small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia)
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