lizard

Syllables: liz·ardUK/ˈlɪzəd/

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lizard noun: any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.

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Noun

lizard (plural lizards)

Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
- The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.a. 1823 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Hymn of Pan”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh]...
- The forms of the serpent and lizard exhibit almost every element of beauty and horror in strange combination; […]1851, John Ruskin, chapter XX, in The Stones of Venice, volume I (The Foundations), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § XXX, pages 223–224
(attributive) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
- Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
(colloquial) An unctuous person.
(colloquial) A coward.
A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
(in-compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman.
- lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Lizard

the Lizard

A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lizard

Lizard

A village in Landewednack parish, on the peninsula near Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town (OS grid ref SW7012)

lizard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

lizard in Hindi

reptile: छिपकली chipkalī

lizard in Tamil

reptile: பல்லி palli

lizard in Marathi

reptile: सरडा sarḍā

lizard in Urdu

reptile: چِھپْکَلی chipkalī

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lizard in Bengali: টিকটিকি ṭikṭiki
lizard in Telugu: బల్లి balli
lizard in Malayalam: പല്ലി palli
lizard in Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲಿ halli
lizard in Punjabi: ਕਿਰਲੀ kirlī, کِرلی kirlī
lizard in Gujarati: ગરોળી, ગરોળીને
lizard in Odia: ଝିଟିପିଟି jhiṭipiṭi
lizard in Sanskrit: मुषली muṣalī
lizard in Sinhala: කටුස්සා kaṭussā
lizard in Assamese: জেঠি zethi
lizard in Nepali: छेपारो chepāro
lizard in Pashto: لټکه laṭᶕka
lizard in Tagalog: butiki
lizard in Arabic: سِحْلِيَّة siḥliyya, ضَبّ ḍabb, عَظَاءَة ʕaẓāʔa, بُرْص burṣ
lizard in Malay: cicak
lizard in Indonesian: kadal
lizard in Thai: กิ้งก่า gîng-gàa
lizard in Vietnamese: thằn lằn
lizard in Myanmar: အိမ်မြှောင် imhmraung
Kashmiri: کینٛکہٕ لٔٹ kēnkụ lạṭ, کرٛینٛکہٕ لٔٹ krēnkụ lạṭ
Dzongkha: ཙི་ཙི་དམརམོ tsi tsi dmrmo

Examples of lizard in a sentence

Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the...
When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 139:
Pinned against my neighbours, I could feel small hands, fleeting as lizards, fluttering lightly through my pockets in search of money, mobile, wallet.2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:

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Forms of lizard

plural	lizards

Plural of lizard: lizards

Origin of lizard

From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).

Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); a corruption of Cornish Lysardh (literally “high court”), influenced by lizard.

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Questions about lizard

What does lizard mean?: Lizard means any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
What is lizard in Hindi?: Lizard in Hindi is छिपकली (chipkalī). See Lizard meaning in Hindi.
How do you use lizard in a sentence?: Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.
What part of speech is lizard?: Lizard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lizard?: Lizard is pronounced /ˈlɪzəd/ (UK).
What is the plural of lizard?: The plural of lizard is lizards.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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