ˈlizə(r)d noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English lesard, liserd, from Middle French laisarde, from Latin lacerta — more at leg
1.
a. : any member of the suborder Lacertilia of the reptilian order Squamata characterized in distinction from the snakes by a fused inseparable lower jaw, a single temporal opening, two pairs of well differentiated functional limbs which may be lacking in burrowing forms, external ears, and eyes with movable lids and having a scaly or tuberculate skin, replaceable teeth that lack true sockets and are fused to the ridge of the jaw in agamid lizards and the chameleons and to the side of the jaw in most other lizards — compare acrodont , gila monster , pleurodont
b. : any relatively long-bodied reptile with legs and tapering tail (as a crocodile or dinosaur)
c. : a similarly shaped amphibian (as a newt or salamander)
2. : a domestic greenish bronze canary with a yellow crown and scaly-appearing plumage
3. : alligator 6b
4. or lizard green : a moderate green that is yellower and paler than sea green (sense 1a) and lighter and slightly bluer than laurel green (sense 1)
5. : a rope with a thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends used as a fairlead in handling a ship's rigging
6. usually capitalized : alabamian — used as a nickname
7. : leather made from lizard skin
8. : lounge lizard
the lonely wives and the lizards with the thin mustaches — Willard Robertson