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ALLIGATOR LIZARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alligator lizard" is a kind of...):
anguid lizard (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)
Holonyms ("alligator lizard" is a member of...):
genus Gerrhonotus; Gerrhonotus (alligator lizards)