Phrase Hound found 106 phrases and 23 compound words that contain lizard. The most common are listed below. Open lizard in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 106
- monitor lizardAny of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.
- wall lizardA small, thin species of lizard found in Europe and North America, Podarcis muralis.
- house lizardCommon house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus), native to southeast Asia.
- lot lizardA prostitute at a truck stop.
- sand lizardAny of many species of lizards found in sandy environments
- European green lizardA large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes, Lacerta viridis.
- lounge lizardAn idler or pleasure-seeker; a person who spends considerable time loitering in bars and cocktail lounges.
- blue-tongue lizardAny of several species of Australian skinks in the genus Tiliqua.
- viviparous lizardUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see viviparous, lizard.
- horned lizardAny of some 14 species of lizard in the genus Phrynosoma, generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.
- ocellated lizardTimon lepidus (syn. Lacerta lepida), a large wall lizard.
- Chinese crocodile lizardA semiaquatic anguimorph lizard, of species Shinisaurus crocodilurus, found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam.
- frilled lizardA lizard of species Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and …
- worm lizardAny of many small limbless burrowing tropical squamate reptiles, of the family Amphisbaenidae or of the superfamily or suborder Amphisbaenia, that resemble worms.
- spiny-tailed lizardAny lizard of the genus Uromastyx.
- legless lizardAny of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.
- Balkan green lizardAny of species Lacerta trilineata of lizards in the family Lacertidae, the most widespread of the Balkans lizards.
- beaded lizardA venomous lizard found principally in Mexico and southern Guatemala, Heloderma horridum.
- Lizard IslandAn island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia.
- Lizard PointThe southern tip of the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, and the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain (OS grid ref SW6911).
- lizard brainThe most primitive part of the brain; the brain stem.
- lizard-hippedBelonging to the clade Saurischia, a group of dinosaurs typically characterised by a pelvic structure in which the pubis projects forward, forming a three-pronged arrangement.
- Weston-under-LizardA village in Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8010).
- Blymhill and Weston-under-LizardA civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England.
- dragon lizardA member of the Agamidae family of iguanian lizards.
Compound words 23
- lizardmanAn intelligent human-like reptile who walks on hind legs and speaks and dresses similar to humans.
- lizardfishAny member of the family Synodontidae of aulopiform fish.
- lizardfolkA type of intelligent anthropomorphic creature akin to (or created from) lizards; lizardman.
- lizardlessWithout any lizards.
- lizardlingA small, young, or immature lizard.
- lizardnessThe quality of being a lizard.
- lizardomThe state of being a lizard, or of belonging to the world of lizards; lizards, collectively.
- lizardryThe state or quality of being a lizard.
- lizardyResembling or characteristic of a lizard.
- LizardbreathNickname for Elizabeth.