GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARD

Meaning of GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARD in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun

Etymology: so called from its practice of rolling its spiny tail over its soft belly as a protection when threatened

: a lizard of the family Cordylidae — called also zonure ; see klipsalamander

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARD — /gerr"dl tayld'/ any African lizard of the family Cordylidae, having a spiny tail used in defense.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARD — any of various south and east African and Madagascan lizards belonging to the family Cordylidae. They are live-bearers, having as …
Britannica English vocabulary
GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARD — см. club-tailed lizard
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARD — см. club-tailed lizard
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LIZARD — ящерица; pl ящерицы (Lacertilia) - alligator lizard - angle-headed lizard - anguine lizard - armed lizard - armour glass lizard - Asian bark lizard - Asiatic flying …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LIZARD — ящерица; pl ящерицы ( Lacertilia ) - alligator lizard - angle-headed lizard - anguine lizard - armed lizard - armour …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LIZARD — County: Cornwall Post Code: TR12
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
LIZARD — lacerte
English interlingue dictionary
GIRDLE — cintura, zone
English interlingue dictionary
LIZARD — halo;ibid;palaos;tabili;taluto;tuko
English-Visayan vocabulary
TAILED — adjective see: tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIZARD — noun Etymology: Middle English liserd, from Anglo-French lesarde, from Latin lacerta Date: 14th century any of a suborder (Lacertilia) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIRDLE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English girdel, from Old English gyrdel; akin to Old High German gurtil ~, Old English gyrdan …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIZARD — Any of about 3,000 species of They are most diverse and abundant in the tropics but are found from the …
Английский словарь Британика
GIRDLE — I. ˈgərd ə l, ˈgə̄d-, ˈgəid- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English girdel, from Old English gyrdel; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — ˈtā(ə)ld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from tail + -ed 1. : having a tail 2. [from past participle of tail …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIZARD — ˈlizə(r)d noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lesard, liserd, from Middle French laisarde, from Latin lacerta — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAILED — (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Английский словарь Webster
LIZARD — (n.) A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, …
Английский словарь Webster
LIZARD — (n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Английский словарь Webster
LIZARD — (n.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of …
Английский словарь Webster
GIRDLE — (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus …
Английский словарь Webster
TAILED — ( a. ) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIZARD — ( n. ) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIZARD — ( n. ) A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIZARD — ( n. ) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — /tayld/ , adj. 1. having a tail. 2. having a tail of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIZARD — /liz"euhrd/ , n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAILED — adj. having a tail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAILED — see tail I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIRDLE — I. ˈgər-d ə l noun Etymology: Middle English girdel, from Old English gyrdel; akin to Old High German gurtil girdle, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIZARD — noun Etymology: Middle English liserd, from Anglo-French lesarde, from Latin lacerta Date: 14th century 1. : any of a suborder …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAILED — adj having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, …
Webster English vocab
LIZARD — noun a piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. 2. lizard ·noun …
Webster English vocab
GIRDLE — noun the zodiac; also, the equator. 2. girdle ·noun a thin bed or stratum of stone. 3. girdle ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
LIZARD — [liz.ard] n [ME liserd, fr. MF laisarde, fr. L lacerta] (14c) 1: any of a suborder (Lacertilia) of reptiles distinguished …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIRDLE — [gir.dle] n [ME girdel, fr. OE gyrdel; akin to OHG gurtil girdle, OE gyrdan to gird] (bef. 12c) 1: something …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIZARD — any member of the suborder Sauria, a group of vertebrates that with snakes (suborder Serpentes) make up some 95 percent …
Britannica English vocabulary
-TAILED — -tailed BrE AmE ˈteɪ ə ld ▷ — long-tailed ˌlɒŋ ˈteɪ ə ld ◂ AmE \ ˌlɔːŋ- ˌlɑːŋ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIZARD — lizard, L~ BrE AmE ˈlɪz əd AmE - ə rd ▷ lizard|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GIRDLE — girdl|e BrE AmE ˈɡɜːd ə l AmE \ ˈɡɝːd ə l ▷ girdl|ed d ▷ girdl|es z ▷ girdl|ing ‿ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIZARD — / ˈlɪzəd; NAmE -ərd/ noun a small reptile with a rough skin, four short legs and a long tail •• …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIRDLE — / ˈgɜːdl; NAmE ˈgɜːrdl/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a piece of women's underwear that fits closely around the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIZARD — Lizard, the BrE AmE an area of land going out into the sea in the southwest of England, which is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIRDLE — I. gir ‧ dle 1 /ˈɡɜːdl $ ˈɡɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gyrdel ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIRDLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a belt or cord worn round the waist. 2 a woman's corset extending from waist …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIRDLE — n. & v. n. 1 a belt or cord worn round the waist. 2 a woman's corset extending from waist …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIRDLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a belt or cord worn round the waist. 2 a woman's corset extending from …
Oxford English vocab
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIZARD — ( lizards) A lizard is a reptile with short legs and a long tail. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIRDLE — ( girdles, girdling, girdled) A girdle is a piece of women’s underwear that fits tightly around the stomach and hips. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-TAILED — see tail
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIZARD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE small ▪ The severed heads of gulls, rabbits, crows, mice, owls, moles and small …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIRDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB wear ▪ Kali wears a girdle of severed human heads. ▪ Avoid wearing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIRDLE — Synonyms and related words : Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, advocate, alpenstock, anklet, arm, armlet, athletic supporter, back, backbone, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIRDLE — A circle of girls found in malls and high school halls, usually obstructing passage. Example: I ran into a girdle, …
Slang English vocab
GIRDLE — n. 25B6; noun a diamond-studded girdle : BELT, sash, cummerbund, waistband, strap, band, girth, cord. her stockings were held up …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIZARD — a piece of land that sticks out into the sea in southern Cornwall , England. Its tip, Lizard Point , …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
TAILED — dilate detail
Anagrams English vocabulary
LIZARD — (that which clings to the ground) (Heb. letaah . (Leviticus 11:30) Lizards of various kinds abound in Egypt, Palestine and …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
GIRDLE — an essential article of dress in the East, and worn by both men and women. The common girdle was made …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
TAILED — хвостатый - tailed curve хвостатый бесхвостый; с отрубленным хвостом > * rhyme стих с нерифмованной заключительной строкой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIZARD — сущ. ящерица (зоология) ящерица (Lacertilia) шкурка ящерицы - * handbag сумочка из (шкурки) ящерицы (астрономия) Ящерица (созвездие) (сленг) тунеядец, дармоед; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GIRDLE — 1. сущ. 1) пояс, ремень книж.; кушак; портупея a tight, trim girdle ≈ тесный пояс a panty girdle ≈ пояс …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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