noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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small
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The severed heads of gulls, rabbits, crows, mice, owls, moles and small lizards looked down on me.
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All the wiring was exposed and frayed, and small lizards ran across the ceiling.
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Everywhere they came upon beetles, spiders and small lizards which scurried away as they pushed through the fibrous, resistant heather.
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Tarsiers feed mainly on insects and their larvae but can catch small lizards , fledgling birds, spiders and forest mice.
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No hot tropical night is complete without one of these small lizards darting up walls and across ceilings.
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Some eat insects, others nectar, or fruit or seeds, or even snails and small lizards .
■ NOUN
sand
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Our sand lizard , resembling a green mini-monster from prehistoric times, scrambled over the twiggy heather.
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It's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the wiring was exposed and frayed, and small lizards ran across the ceiling.
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And lizards hid lots of baby lizards under the rocks in the desert.
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He stood facing the wall where the lizard stains were, rubbing the back of his neck.
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It reminded him of the lizards smashed on his hotel wall.
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The lizards seem to use their fringes to absorb heat while basking in the sun.
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The severed heads of gulls, rabbits, crows, mice, owls, moles and small lizards looked down on me.