Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several elongate, short-legged lizards of the subfamily Diploglossinae, native to wet regions of the West Indies, Central America, and northern South America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lizard, Celestus occiduus, about a foot long, remarkably stout and plump, and brown in general color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A West Indian lizard (
Celestus occiduus ), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A mountain chicken that's actually a frog; a half-snake, half-lizard creature called a galliwasp; and an avian Dr Dolittle ... this is the stuff of a children's fantasy, or perhaps
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The galliwasp lizard is a perfect example of the rare and endemic (occurring nowhere else) species found in various regions of the Amazon.
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(_Cyclura lophoma_), with it dorsal crest like the teeth of a saw running down all its back, might be seen lying out on the branches of the trees, or playing bo-peep from a hole in the trunk; or, in the swamps and morasses of Westmoreland, the yellow galliwasp (_Celestus occiduus_), so much dreaded and abhorred, yet without reason, might be observed sitting idly in the mouth of its burrow, or feeding on the wild fruits and marshy plants that constitute its food.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 Various 1836
reesetee commented on the word galliwasp
A small lizard of the West Indies.
October 15, 2007
trivet commented on the word galliwasp
Does it have a stinger on the end of its tail?
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word galliwasp
Doesn't appear to. Here's an example. Couldn't find anything in the etymology, either.
October 15, 2007
trivet commented on the word galliwasp
Bummer! I was really hoping it would look more waspish...
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word galliwasp
Me too!
October 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word galliwasp
Nah, come on, guys. Look at its eyes! Waspy!!
October 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word galliwasp
*squinting* Nope, don't see it. Sure, it looks galli-like, but not waspy.
But that's just me.
October 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word galliwasp
I don't even know why I'm trying to convince anyone. I can't bear the sight of wasps anyway.
This lizard is way cuter.
October 16, 2007