LEGLESS LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legless lizard mean? 

• LEGLESS LIZARD (noun)
  The noun LEGLESS LIZARD has 1 sense:

1. degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards

  Familiarity information: LEGLESS LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGLESS LIZARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("legless lizard" is a kind of...):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Holonyms ("legless lizard" is a member of...):

Anniellidae; family Anniellidae (legless lizards)

 Context examples 

The researchers concluded it was in fact a snake and not a mere legless lizard by studying the vertebrae, which were found with their ribs intact, in each part of the snake's body.

(Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar, Wikinews)