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GRIDIRON-TAILED LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gridiron-tailed lizard mean? 

GRIDIRON-TAILED LIZARD (noun)
  The noun GRIDIRON-TAILED LIZARD has 1 sense:

1. swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: GRIDIRON-TAILED LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRIDIRON-TAILED LIZARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callisaurus draconoides; gridiron-tailed lizard; zebra-tailed lizard

Hypernyms ("gridiron-tailed 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)

Holonyms ("gridiron-tailed lizard" is a member of...):

Callisaurus; genus Callisaurus (zebra-tailed lizard)


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