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SPINY LIZARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Desert lizard that feeds on ants
Synonyms:
Moloch horridus; mountain devil; spiny lizard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
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)
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