GLASS LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glass lizard mean? 

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

1. snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLASS LIZARD (noun)

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Meaning:

Snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

glass lizard; glass snake; joint snake

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

anguid lizard (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)

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

genus Ophisaurus; Ophisaurus (glass lizards)