lizardling
lizardling noun: a small, young, or immature lizard.
Noun
lizardling (plural lizardlings)
- A small, young, or immature lizard.
- Of reptiles there was a broken skull of some lizard, long since dead, and the eggshell of a lizardling which had hatched and gone forth upon his mission into the jungle.1916, The Atlantic monthly, volume 117, page 45
- [...] a little nest of dirty white rubber-shelled eggs, and recognized them for the treasure of Mrs. Sceloporus occidentalis, she left them there to complete their six-weeks period of incubation, and to turn into inch-long lizardlings.1928, Nature magazine, volumes 11-12, page 47
Forms of lizardling
| plural | lizardlings |
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Origin of lizardling
From lizard + -ling.
Questions about lizardling
- What does lizardling mean?
- Lizardling means a small, young, or immature lizard.
- What part of speech is lizardling?
- Lizardling is a noun.
- What is the plural of lizardling?
- The plural of lizardling is lizardlings.
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