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lizardry

lizardry noun: the state or quality of being a lizard.

Noun

lizardry (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being a lizard.
    • […] just as we can imagine that when Tyrannosaurus met Brontosaurus, no consideration of common lizardry prevented them from tearing each other to pieces.1940, Esmé Wingfield-Stratford, Crusade for Civilization, George Routledge, page 19
    • From the tapering, almost dainty tip, forward along the serrated battlements of Blighty's quickly fattening tail, to the splayed rear legs and the belly so broad it lay flattened against the ground beneath it, to the awkwardly placed forelegs with their fat and pointed claws, the thing was too long...1994, Greg Matthews, The Wisdom of Stones, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 112

Origin of lizardry

From lizard + -ry.

Questions about lizardry

What does lizardry mean?
Lizardry means the state or quality of being a lizard.
What part of speech is lizardry?
Lizardry is a noun.

Words near lizardry in the dictionary

  1. lizardmen
  2. lizardness
  3. Lizardo
  4. lizardom
  5. Lizardos
  6. lizardry
  7. lizards
  8. lizardskin
  9. lizardskins
  10. lizardtail
  11. lizardtails

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