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lizards

The correct spelling is lizards.

How to pronounce lizards

noun

Say it like: Liz-ard-s

The correct spelling is lizards. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail. For example: "lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard"

Usage Examples

lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
  2. 2.(chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
  3. 3.An unctuous person.
  4. 4.A coward.
  5. 5.(rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

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