Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several slender, limbless lizards of the genus Ophisaurus, having a tail that breaks or snaps off readily and later regenerates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the brittleness of its tail.]
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