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legless lizard

legless lizard noun: any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.

legless lizard: any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced...
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Noun

legless lizard (plural legless lizards)

  1. Any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.
  2. Any lizard that does not have limbs.

Forms of legless lizard

plurallegless lizards

Words formed from legless lizard

Questions about legless lizard

What does legless lizard mean?
Legless lizard means any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.
What part of speech is legless lizard?
Legless lizard is a noun.
What is the plural of legless lizard?
The plural of legless lizard is legless lizards.

Words near legless lizard in the dictionary

  1. Legius syndrome
  2. Legleg
  3. Legler
  4. Leglers
  5. legless
  6. legless lizard
  7. legless lizards
  8. leglessly
  9. leglessness
  10. leglet
  11. leglets

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