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SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does side-blotched lizard mean? 

SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD (noun)
  The noun SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD has 1 sense:

1. one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIDE-BLOTCHED LIZARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sand lizard; side-blotched lizard; Uta stansburiana

Hypernyms ("side-blotched 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 ("side-blotched lizard" is a member of...):

genus Uta; Uta (a reptile genus of Iguanidae)


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