GALLIWASP


Meaning of GALLIWASP in English

/gal"euh wosp'/ , n.

any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.

[ 1715-25; earlier gallivache (1683), of unexplained orig.; appar. assimilated to GALLY, WASP ]

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