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lizard

/liz-erd/US // ˈlɪz ərd //UK // (ˈlɪzəd) //

蜥蜴,蜥蜴人,蜥蜴类,蜥悟

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing species.
    • : any of various reptiles resembling a lizard, as a dinosaur or crocodile.
    • : leather made from the skin of the lizard, used for shoes, purses, etc.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Lacerta.
    • : Older Slang, lounge lizard.
    • : Nautical. a pennant used as a leader for running rigging, having a thimble or bull's-eye.
    • : The Lizard. Lizard Head.

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Examples

  • They are more likely to bite lizards called skinks, which are poor transmitters of the bacteria, researchers report January 28 in PLOS Biology.

  • At night, the lizards retreat upward, gripping blades of grass or other plants for safety.

  • The animal was a mosasaur, an extinct, marine reptile related to snakes and monitor lizards.

  • In 1971, paleontologist Robert Bakker argued for a landbound dinosaur, based on the resemblance of its nostrils to those of terrestrial lizards.

  • Until recently, it wasn’t clear where monitor lizards lay their eggs.

  • Another set of hackers that goes by the name the Lizard Squad told the Washington Post that they helped with the Sony hack.

  • And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.

  • There is a lot of residual concern that Lizard Squad was able to get even this far.

  • But the Lizard Squad was able to get one thing done: Piss off Anonymous, the best known of the hacktivist collectives.

  • It almost makes you wonder if Lizard Squad did this just to annoy Anonymous and the other earnest champions of privacy.

  • The woman reminds one of a red lizard—a salamander—her “svelte” body seemingly boneless in its gown of clinging scales.

  • Respecting this remarkable Lizard, Mr. Cunningham's journal contains the following remarks.

  • I should have been in her fond embrace—now I shared the company of the rat, the lizard, and the scorpion.

  • They were defensive, anti-personal weapons to be employed as he had done against the lizard in the arena.

  • The man turned his head quickly; the lizard dodged under the rail; and old Kate awoke with a start.