different between lizard vs scalyfoot
lizard
English
Etymology
From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus. Displaced native Middle English aske (“newt, lizard”); see ask.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?z.?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?z.?d/
Noun
lizard (plural 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.
- (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
- (colloquial) An unctuous person.
- (colloquial) A coward.
- (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.
- (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
- lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard
Derived terms
Translations
Middle English
Noun
lizard
- Alternative form of lesarde
lizard From the web:
- what lizards eat
- what lizard changes colors
- what lizards make good pets
- what lizards are poisonous
- what lizard can run on water
- what lizard is rango
- what lizards like to be held
- what lizard is godzilla
scalyfoot
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
scaly +? foot
Noun
scalyfoot (plural scalyfoots)
- Any of several Australian legless lizards, of the genus Pygopus, having prehensile tails and scaly flaps in place of hindlimbs.
scalyfoot From the web:
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- lizard vs scalyfoot
- legless vs scalyfoot
- australian vs scalyfoot
- wine vs saki
- saki vs soju
- paki vs saki
- maki vs saki
- ski vs saki
- raki vs saki
- saki vs sari
- saki vs sai
- sakia vs saki
- kinkajou vs olingo
- kinkajou vs procyonid
- potto vs kinkajou
- raccoon vs kinkajou
- prehensile vs kinkajou
- kincajou vs kinkajou
- betroth vs bethroth
- nora vs caty