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SPINY LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spiny lizard mean? 

SPINY LIZARD (noun)
  The noun SPINY LIZARD has 2 senses:

1. desert lizard that feeds on antsplay

2. any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central Americaplay

  Familiarity information: SPINY LIZARD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPINY LIZARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Desert lizard that feeds on ants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Moloch horridus; mountain devil; spiny lizard

Hypernyms ("spiny lizard" is a kind of...):

moloch (any lizard of the genus Moloch)

Holonyms ("spiny lizard" is a member of...):

genus Moloch (genus of Australian desert lizard)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spiny 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spiny lizard"):

fence lizard (spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico)

sagebrush lizard; Sceloporus graciosus (a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains)

Holonyms ("spiny lizard" is a member of...):

genus Sceloporus; Sceloporus (spiny lizards)


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