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Definition of Spiny lizard
1. Noun. Desert lizard that feeds on ants.
Group relationships: Genus Moloch
Generic synonyms: Moloch
2. Noun. Any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America.
Group relationships: Genus Sceloporus, Sceloporus
Specialized synonyms: Fence Lizard, Sagebrush Lizard, Sceloporus Graciosus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiny Lizard
Literary usage of Spiny lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Of the seven helminth species infecting Yarrow's spiny lizard, ... In the eight
montane populations of Yarrow's spiny lizard, ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Also called spiny lizard. 1853. ' Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of
... 515 [November 9] : "A spirit preparation of the spiny lizard {Moloch ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"1853. ' Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land,' vol.
ii. p. 515 [November 9] : "A spirit preparation of the spiny lizard (Moloch ..."
4. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"We have not found it in close sympatry with the desert spiny lizard in the
Chiricahua region, and only rarely so elsewhere in Arizona. ..."
5. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw ...by Charles John Cornish by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"... or Mountain-devil; the Iguanas: Horned Toad, or spiny lizard; Tuberculated
Iguana; Galapagos Sea-lizard; Fiji Banded Iguana; Girdle-tailed Lizards; ..."
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