ask

From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).

cog

African-American Vernacular, Cajun, Nigeria, proscribed

ax

alternative pronunciation until about 1600, now dialectal and no longer standard


web-footed gecko

en-noun

web-footed gecko (plural web-footed geckos)

A type of gecko, Palmatogecko rangei, from Namibia and adjacent areas, having broad, webbed feet


caiman

From Spanish caimán or Portuguese caimão, from Kari'na acayouman.

A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.


lagarto

Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu

→ Hunsrik: Lagart

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.

lizard (any reptile of the order Squamata other than snakes)

(cooking) topside (outer side of a round of beef)

(Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal


lagarto

⇒ English: alligator

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.


basilisk

From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos) (literally "minor king or chieftain", possibly based on descriptions or rare encounters with different types of cobra which have crown-like patterns on their head; the "deadly gaze" could have been from the spitting cobra's ability to spit venom into the eyes of predators or prey from a distance), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). The cognitohazard/infohazard sense is by analogy with the deadly gaze of the mythical creature.

As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.

Any of the tree-dwelling of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.


basilisk

nl-noun

basilisk m (plural basilisken, diminutive basiliskje n)

basilisken (plural)
basiliskje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch basilisc, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).

a basilisk, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus


lucertola

From Latin lacertula, diminutive of lacerta (“lizard”). Doublet of alligatore. Compare Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese lagarto (“lizard”).


dragon

dragoni (plural)
dragon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dragonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
dragoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dragonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
dragon (indefinite singular)
dragonului (definite singular)
dragoni (indefinite plural)
dragonilor (definite plural)
dragonule (singular vocative)
dragonilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem. Doublet of the inherited drac (“devil”).

a flying lizard species (of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona)


blindworm

Inherited from Middle English blynde worme, equivalent to blind + worm due to its very small eyes.

inh+

[…] we haue a blind worme to be found vnder logs in woods, and timber that hath lien long in a place, which some also doo call (and vpon better ground) by the name of [s]low worms, and they are knowen easilie by their more or lesse varietie of striped colours, drawen long waies from their heads, their whole bodies little excéeding a foot in length, & yet is there venem deadlie.

1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68197.0001.001 [(please specify the book title).] Chapter 6.]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 228:

You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;
Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong,
Come not near our fairy queen.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

"But I'll give you a bit of advice! Take a blindworm - I'll find you one - and ram it into the barrel of your gun and then fire it, after that you may try what powder and shot will do."

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:

Anguis fragilis
Anguis fragilis#Translingual

Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.


Komodo dragon

/kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈdɹæɡən/

Varanus komodoensis
Varanus komodoensis#Translingual

Varanus komodoensis, an endangered species of monitor lizard native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.


monitor

From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.

The information flashed up on the monitor.

(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.

So, as she did not like the masters to be prying about the play-ground out of school, she chose from among the biggest and most trustworthy of her pupils five monitors, who had authority over the rest of the Boys, and kept the unruly ones in order.

1871, Henry William Pullen, The Fight at Dame Europa's School:

But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors!

1881, Talbot Baines Reed, chapter X, in The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's:

He learned that a monitor should assist the teachers in distributing worksheets, maintaining class discipline, helping classmates in need and so on.

(Can we date this quote?), Pearl Poon, Class Monitor Election, Hong Kong ICAC Comics:

(Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic in British) A student leader in a class.


skink

From Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).

A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.


skink

nl-noun

skink m (plural skinken, diminutive skinkje n)

skinken (plural)
skinkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English skink, from Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).

a skink, any lizard of the family Scincidae


swift

en-adj

swift (comparative swifter, superlative swiftest)

swifter (comparative)
swiftest (superlative)

From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.


swift

Swift (bird)
Swift (disambiguation)
Swift (textiles)

A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

ҫыр чӗкеҫӗ

śyr č̬ĕk̬eś̬ĕ

, spiny lizard

Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

(entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.


swift

en-adv

swift (comparative more swift, superlative most swift)

more swift (comparative)
most swift (superlative)

Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.

c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

Ply swift and strong the oar.


gecko

The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”).

Order II. Sauria. […] The heart has two auricles. The body is covered with scales, and there are three or four feet. The lungs are large, and extend along the back. The mouth is armed with teeth, and the toes with claws. The tail is long, and often thick at the base. […] Geckotida—geco

1839, William Rhind, “Reptiles”, in Elements of Zoology; Embracing a View of Life as Manifested in the Various Gradations of Organized Beings, Edinburgh: Fraser & Crawford; John Anderson, Junior; and Maclachlan & Stewart; Smith, Elder, & Co. and H. Washbourne, London; W. Curry, Junior, & Co. Dublin, →OCLC, pages 85–86:

Leishmania infantum in Experimental Animals.—Experiments were carried out with geckoes, white mice, field mice (Microtus güntheri) and hamsters (Cricetus auratus and Cricetulus griseus).

1931, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, volume 108, London: Royal Society of London, →OCLC, page 456:

GECKOES constitute a family of lizards remarkable for the large number of species it contains. They are also remarkable for a number of other features: for the readiness with which they have taken to living in houses, for their voices, the structure of their feet, the variation in the shape of the tail and for their eyes. […] As with the more familiar lizards, geckoes have the ability to cast the tail, and counts show that in some species two out of every five individuals have cast the tail and regenerated a new one.

1962, Maurice Burton, “Geckoes”, in The Illustrated London News, volume CCXL, number II, London: Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., →OCLC, page 548:

Family Gekkonidae (gekkos). In gekkos the skull is short and flat; the upper temporal bone arch is missing; the post-orbital and lacrimal bones are absent; and the jugal bone is very reduced.

1971, Victorian Year Book, Melbourne, Vic.: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 23:

Many lizards, including the British common and sand lizards of the family Lacertidae, clamber over rocks with great agility; none matches the geckoes, some of which can run up, down, or across vertical glass as easily as most beasts run on the flat, and indeed can happily traverse ceilings.

1975 September 27, Colin Tudge, “How Gekko gecko defies gravity: A careful anatomical study of geckoes, those extremely agile climbing lizards, reveals an extraordinary degree of adaptation of the foot bones and muscles”, in New Scientist, volume 67, number 968, London: New Science Publications, →OCLC, page 696:

Other reptiles found in the district are the chamaeleon, geco and monitor lizard, the last getting extinct due to netting and shooting. It is now protected by law.

1988, Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Aligarh, volume 20, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Government of Uttar Pradesh, →OCLC, page 15:

The marvelous ability of geckos to run down trees, surefooted and head first, was first noted by Aristotle over two thousand years ago. However, Aristotle was not able to see the tiny hairs, called setae, that cover the toes of geckos and empower this feat. The setae are part of an adhesive system that allows geckos to maneuver on a wide variety of substrates, to run upside-down, and to arrest their falls. Geckos can run vertically at over 1 m/s and can carry over twice their body weight up smooth, vertical surfaces.

2009 January, Ginel Corina Hill, “Introduction”, in Dual-axis MEMS Force Sensors for Gecko Adhesion Studies (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University, →OCLC, page 1:

The potential uses for gecko-inspired adhesive products are nearly endless. People have found possible uses for them from sports and robotics, to medicine and home improvement.

2014, Wil Mara, From Gecko Feet to Adhesive Tape (Innovations from Nature), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, →ISBN, pages 21–22:

By day, Golden-tailed Geckoes rest under curls of bark, the underside of branches, or in tree hollows but they seem to be fond of heat so these geckoes may even be in a situation where the sun shines on their daytime retreat all day. The Golden-tailed Gecko is an invertebrate-eater and by night its adhesive toe pads allow it to prowl the branches of Brigalow trees with ease, looking for small insects and spiders to capture.

2016, Martyn Robinson, Australian Wildlife after Dark, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN:

Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.


gecko

From Dutch gekko, further possibly from Malay or Acehnese. Compare English gecko for more.


iguana

/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/

A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

(zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana.

Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.

إِغْوَانَا

Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).

The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 161:

(Australia, formerly) Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).


iguana

iguana (nominative singular)
iguany (nominative plural)
iguany (genitive singular)
iguan (genitive plural)
iguanie (dative singular)
iguanom (dative plural)
iguanę (accusative singular)
iguany (accusative plural)
iguaną (instrumental singular)
iguanami (instrumental plural)
iguanie (locative singular)
iguanach (locative plural)
iguano (singular vocative)
iguany (plural vocative)


iguana

desctree

→ Dutch: leguaan
Afrikaans: likkewaan
Berbice Creole Dutch: linggwana
→ German: Leguan
→ Sranan Tongo: legwana
→ Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná

→ English: iguana

→ French: iguane

→ Galician: iguana

→ Italian: iguana

→ Japanese: イグアナ (iguana)

→ Portuguese: iguana

→ Turkish: iguana


chameleon

From Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”). The spelling was re-latinized in the early 18th century. The physics sense was coined by Justin Khoury and Amanda Weltman in 2003 in a paper in Physical Review Letters.

der

A contagious neuro-ego-disease. A virus sticking to liars.
We're the self-centered fuel to boost the new strain of fire.
Adapting, shifting, lacking opinion. Our numbers exceeding the billions.
Everly walking among ourselves down the corridor of chameleons.

1998, “Corridor of Chameleons”, performed by Meshuggah:

A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.


chameleon

chameleon (nominative singular)
chameleoni (nominative plural)
chameleonové (nominative plural)
chameleona (genitive singular)
chameleonů (genitive plural)
chameleonovi (dative singular)
chameleonu (dative singular)
chameleonům (dative plural)
chameleona (accusative singular)
chameleony (accusative plural)
chameleone (singular vocative)
chameleoni (plural vocative)
chameleonové (plural vocative)
chameleonovi (locative singular)
chameleonu (locative singular)
chameleonech (locative plural)
chameleonem (instrumental singular)
chameleony (instrumental plural)


halo

For the second noun sense, the monitor lizard's timidity likened to cowardice.


șopârlă

șopârle (plural)
șopârlă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
șopârla (accusative definite nominative singular)
șopârle (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
șopârlele (accusative definite nominative plural)
șopârle (indefinite singular)
șopârlei (definite singular)
șopârle (indefinite plural)
șopârlelor (definite plural)
șopârlă (singular vocative)
șopârlo (singular vocative)
șopârlelor (plural vocative)

Unclear. Older șopîrlă, influenced by șopîrcăi (“to joke, be goofy”) and năpârcă (“adder”), possibly from or cognate to Tosk Albanian shapinj (“lizards”, standard Albanian zhapinj), plural of shapi (standard zhapi) as a substratum word. Other less likely theories include a derivation of Ancient Greek σήψ (sḗps) or a Latin *sepinula.

m+

standard Albanian <i class="Latn mention" lang="sq">zhapinj</i>


tiki

Hemidactylus frenatus
Hemidactylus frenatus#Translingual

the common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

(by extension) a gecko; any lizard of the family Gekkonidae


Gila monster

From the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico, whose name may ultimately derive from
a Yuma word meaning "running water which is salty".

A venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, that lives in the deserts of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico.


agama

From Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.


agama

From New Latin Agama, from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).


Dracaena

Borrowed from Latin dracaena, from Ancient Greek δράκαινα (drákaina, “she-dragon”).

der

for other species see Dracaena on Wikipedia and Dracaena

A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – caiman lizards, of the tropical Americas.


Gecko

de-noun

Gecko m (strong, genitive Geckos, plural Geckos or Geckonen)

Geckos (genitive)
Geckos (plural)
Geckonen (plural)
Gecko (nominative singular)
Geckos (definite nominative plural)
Geckonen (definite nominative plural)
Geckos (genitive singular)
Geckos (definite genitive plural)
Geckonen (definite genitive plural)
Gecko (dative singular)
Geckos (dative definite plural)
Geckonen (dative definite plural)
Gecko (accusative singular)
Geckos (accusative definite plural)
Geckonen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Dutch gekko, further possibly from Malay [Term?] or Acehnese [Term?]. Compare English gecko for more.


Draco

A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – gliding lizards from Southeast Asia.


Lacerta

A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – some lizards, including the rock lizards.

Lacerta aurata

(genus): Lacerta agilis - type species; Lacerta anatolica, Lacerta bedriagae, Lacerta bilineata, Lacerta brandtii, Lacerta cappadocica, Lacerta chlorogaster, Lacerta cyanisparsa, Lacerta danfordi, Lacerta defilippii, Lacerta dryada, Lacerta dugesii, Lacerta graeca, Lacerta kulzeri, Lacerta laevis, Lacerta media, Lacerta mosorensis, Lacerta mostoufii, Lacerta oertzeni, Lacerta oxycephala, Lacerta pamphylica, Lacerta parva, Lacerta schreiberi, Lacerta steineri, Lacerta strigata, Lacerta trilineata, Lacerta viridis, Lacerta vivipara, Lacerta yassujica, Lacerta zagrosica - other species

Lacerta principalis

species, placement uncertain or disputed


ibid

Philippine sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)


zonure

From translingual Zonurus, from zon- (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”) + -urus (“-tailed”), from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

uder

Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.


safeguard

en-verb

safeguard (third-person singular simple present safeguards, present participle safeguarding, simple past and past participle safeguarded)

safeguards (present singular third-person)
safeguarding (participle present)
safeguarded (participle past)
safeguarded (past)

From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.

(UK, Ireland, by extension) To implement safeguarding.


bala

inland snake-eyed skink
inland snake-eyed skink

inland snake-eyed skink, a small tree-dwelling lizard in inland Australia.


monitor lizard

From the obsolete taxa Monitor and Lacerta monitor now displaced by Varanus within the single-species family Varanidae. The word Monitor is a calque of German Warner, which is a loanword from Arabic وَرَن (waran). The conflation of the two words was encouraged by the lizards' habit of standing on their hind legs and appearing to monitor their surroundings.

Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


slowworm

From Middle English sloworm (possibly influenced by slow), from Old English slāwyrm (“slow-worm, blindworm”), from *slā (related to Norwegian slo (“slow-worm”), Swedish slå (“slow-worm”)) + wyrm (“worm, snake”). Compare Swedish ormslå.

inh

Well, sir, it may be we shall have some better orations of it anon: well, Ile watch you as narrowly as ever you were watcht, and Ile play with you as the nightingale with the slowworme;[…]

c. 1588, Robert Greene, “Scene Eleventh. Frier Bacons cell.”, in The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay:

A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.


goanna

A respelling in Australia of guana, from iguana. Rhyming slang sense rhyming on colloquial pronunciation 'pianner'.

Four goannas ran up the tree, and the animals of the bush had preyed so very lavishly on the remains of mortality that the thorax and other parts of the neck, together with various portions of flesh from the body, were missing.

1832, Coroner's Inquest, November 15, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, p. 3

Hello! There's a goanna; that's a good sized one; but nothing to the one that I tumbled over when I was coming from the Big River.

1849, The Ring, April 21, Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, p. 2

I'll think of how the kids come alive walking around sandplains / reading tracks, looking for goannas, digging up witchetty grubs / collecting berries, branches of bush medicines.

2022, Meg Mooney, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 33:

Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia.


gušter

gȕšter (canonical masculine)
гу̏штер (Cyrillic)
gušter (nominative singular)
gušteri (nominative plural)
guštera (genitive singular)
guštera (genitive plural)
gušteru (dative singular)
gušterima (dative plural)
guštera (accusative singular)
guštere (accusative plural)
gušteru (singular vocative)
gušteri (plural vocative)
gušteru (locative singular)
gušterima (locative plural)
gušterom (instrumental singular)
gušterima (instrumental plural)

Combined from guja, guž + Proto-Slavic *(j)aščerъ.


гуштер

mk-noun

гуштер • (gušter) m (relational adjective гуштерски, diminutive гуштерче)

gušter (romanization)
гуштерски (adjective relational)
гуштерче (diminutive)
гуштер (indefinite singular)
гуштери (indefinite plural)
гуштерот (definite singular unspecified)
гуштерите (definite plural unspecified)
гуштеров (definite proximal singular)
гуштериве (definite plural proximal)
гуштерон (definite distal singular)
гуштерине (definite distal plural)
гуштеру (singular vocative)
гуштери (plural vocative)
гуштера (count-form plural)


гуштер

гу̏штер (canonical masculine)
gȕšter (romanization)
гуштер (nominative singular)
гуштери (nominative plural)
гуштера (genitive singular)
гуштера (genitive plural)
гуштеру (dative singular)
гуштерима (dative plural)
гуштера (accusative singular)
гуштере (accusative plural)
гуштеру (singular vocative)
гуштери (plural vocative)
гуштеру (locative singular)
гуштерима (locative plural)
гуштером (instrumental singular)
гуштерима (instrumental plural)

Combined from гуја, гуж + Proto-Slavic *(j)aščerъ.


chamaeleon

la-noun

chamaeleōn m (genitive chamaeleōnis or chamaeleōntis); third declension

chamaeleōn (canonical masculine)
chamaeleōnis (genitive)
chamaeleōntis (genitive)
chamaeleōn (nominative singular)
chamaeleōnēs (nominative plural)
chamaeleōntēs (nominative plural)
chamaeleōnis (genitive singular)
chamaeleōntis (genitive singular)
chamaeleōnum (genitive plural)
chamaeleōntum (genitive plural)
chamaeleōnī (dative singular)
chamaeleōntī (dative singular)
chamaeleōnibus (dative plural)
chamaeleōntibus (dative plural)
chamaeleōnem (accusative singular)
chamaeleōntem (accusative singular)
chamaeleōnēs (accusative plural)
chamaeleōntēs (accusative plural)
chamaeleōne (ablative singular)
chamaeleōnte (ablative singular)
chamaeleōnibus (ablative plural)
chamaeleōntibus (ablative plural)
chamaeleōn (singular vocative)
chamaeleōnēs (plural vocative)
chamaeleōntēs (plural vocative)

Catalan: camaleó

Old French: cameleon

→ Middle English: camelion

English: chameleon

French: caméléon

→ German: Chamäleon

[kʰäˈmäe̯ɫ̪eoːn]

From Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”).


caiman lizard

Any semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America


teiid

The teiids we know today are a New World family, ecological counterparts of Old World lacertids. Historically, teiids had a wider distribution, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.

2003, Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, published 2006, page 195:

As in our study, he found that taxonomic groups cluster together in morphospace (i.e. iguanians together, teiids and varanids together).

2007, Lance D. McBrayer, Clay E. Corbin, “9: Patterns of head shape variation in lizards: morphological correlates of foraging mode”, in Stephen M. Reilly, Lance D. McBrayer, Donald B. Miles, editors, Lizard Ecology, page 293:

The highly attuned nervous system of racerunners and teiids makes them very adept at locating and grasping prey insects.

2008, R. D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, Lizard Care from A to Z: From Anoles to Zonosaurs, page 146:


perentie

From Dieri pirrinthi (or other Karnic language).

Joshua stuck his tongue in and out like a lizard's and, twisting his fingers into claws, dug them crabwise into the sand to imitate the perenty’s walk.

1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 153:

The largest Australian monitor lizard or goanna, Varanus giganteus.


pili

From Proto-Polynesian *pili. Cognates include Tuvaluan pili and Samoan pili.


moko

From Proto-Polynesian *moko. Cognates include Hawaiian moʻo and Samoan moʻo.


壁虎

/pi⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɪk̚⁵ fuː³⁵/

/pia(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³/

/pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³/

/piɪʔ³³ hu⁴⁴/

/pi⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɪk̚⁵ fuː³⁵/

/pia(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³/

/pia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hɔ⁵³/

/piɪʔ³³ hu⁴⁴/


năpârcă

năpârci (plural)
năpârcă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
năpârca (accusative definite nominative singular)
năpârci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
năpârcile (accusative definite nominative plural)
năpârci (indefinite singular)
năpârcii (definite singular)
năpârci (indefinite plural)
năpârcilor (definite plural)
năpârcă (singular vocative)
năpârco (singular vocative)
năpârcilor (plural vocative)

Possibly borrowed from Albanian nepërkë (“adder, viper”), otherwise cognate to it, from fuller nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, maybe from Proto-Slavic *nepъrtъkъ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup”)). Compare Aromanian nipãrticã.


dragan

head

dragan m (genitive singular dragain, nominative plural dragain)

dragain (genitive singular)
dragain (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
dragan (indefinite singular)
dragain (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a dhragain (indefinite singular)
a dhragana (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dragain (indefinite singular)
dragan (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an dragan (definite singular)
na dragain (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an dragain (definite singular)
na ndragan (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an dragan (definite singular)
don dragan (definite singular)
leis na dragain (definite plural)

Borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

der

/ˈd̪ˠɾˠaɡənˠ/

dragon
dragon lizard (member of Agamidae)


leguaan

From French l’iguane, "the iguana", through Dutch and Afrikaans.

2001 : Finally, a help plea yesterday from Debbie Thompson of Gonubie -- what to do about a small leguaan that had taken up residence in her "somewhat wild" garden with big trees, dense shrubs and hedges? http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/01/18/editoria/CHIEL.HTM

2006 : This is the view of Sazi Mhlongo, chair of the Traditional Healers's Association of SA (Thasa). It follows the recent court appearance of a sangoma and five others after police discovered the skins of various protected animals in the sangoma's house. The skins included that of a lion, leopard, puff adder and water leguaan. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926093033/http://www.pawtal.co.za/pages/article.asp?ID=337


Eidechse

de-noun

Eidechse f (genitive Eidechse, plural Eidechsen, diminutive Eidechschen n)

Eidechse (genitive)
Eidechsen (plural)
Eidechschen (diminutive neuter)
Eidechse (nominative singular)
Eidechsen (definite nominative plural)
Eidechse (genitive singular)
Eidechsen (definite genitive plural)
Eidechse (dative singular)
Eidechsen (dative definite plural)
Eidechse (accusative singular)
Eidechsen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German eidehse, egdehse, egedehse, from Old High German egidehsa (“lizard”).

a member of Lacertidae, the family of the wall lizards, or true lizards


scinco

From Latin scincos, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).


drago

From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

E' Guelfi soli di Fiorenza usaron per generale insegna la rossa sopra un drago verde

16ᵗʰ century, Vincenzo Borghini, Dell'arme delle famiglie fiorentine, Florence: Pietro Gaet. Viviani, published 1755, page 44, collected in Discorsi di monsignore D. Vincenzio Borghini - parte seconda:

And the Guelphs of Florence alone used a red one [eagle] above a green dragon as their coat of arms

(zoology) any lizard of the Draco taxonomic genus


frilled lizard

The lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and courtship display.


anole

Any of the genus Anolis of chiefly arboreal dactyloid lizards native to the Americas, which feature a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color.


lézard

Louisiana Creole: lézard

→ Romanian: lezard

Inherited from Middle French lezart, from Old French lezart, lesard, laisarde, lajjsarde, from Latin lacertus. Compare English lizard.


կոկորդիլոս

kokordilos (romanization)
կոկորդիլոս (nominative singular)
կոկորդիլոսք (nominative plural)
կոկորդիլոսի (genitive singular)
կոկորդիլոսաց (genitive plural)
կոկորդիլոսի (dative singular)
կոկորդիլոսաց (dative plural)
կոկորդիլոս (accusative singular)
կոկորդիլոսս (accusative plural)
կոկորդիլոսէ (ablative singular)
կոկորդիլոսաց (ablative plural)
կոկորդիլոսաւ (instrumental singular)
կոկորդիլոսի (locative singular)
կոկորդիլոսս (locative plural)

xcl-decl-noun

կոկորդիլոսաց

կոկորդիլոսաց

կոկորդիլոսաց

կոկորդիլոսաւ

կոկորդիլոսաւք = կոկորդիլոսօք

desc

→ Armenian: կոկորդիլոս (kokordilos) (learned)

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Եւ թշնամի է կոկորդիլոս գազանի, որոյ տիտիոն անուն է, որ թարգմանի քարթոթոշ։
Ew tʻšnami ē kokordilos gazani, oroy tition anun ē, or tʻargmani kʻartʻotʻoš.
Translation by Gohar Muradyan
And it [the otter] is hostile to the beast crocodile which is called "great lizard" that is translated քարթոթոշ (kʻartʻotʻoš).

5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] 28.2


Scincidae

A taxonomic family within the order Scincomorpha – skinks.

Ablepharus

(family): Acontinae, Scincinae – subfamilies


blue-tongue lizard

en-noun

blue-tongue lizard (plural blue-tongue lizards)

Any of several species of Australian skinks in the genus Tiliqua.


पाल

From Sanskrit पल्ली (pallī), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian. Cognate with Konkani पाल (pāl). Also compare Kannada ಪಲ್ಲಿ (palli), ಹಲ್ಲಿ (halli), Malayalam പല്ലി (palli), Tamil பல்லி (palli).


մողես

head

մողես • (moġes)

hy-noun

մողես • (moġes)

moġes (romanization)
մողես (nominative singular)
մողեսներ (nominative plural)
մողեսի (dative singular)
մողեսների (dative plural)
մողեսից (ablative singular)
մողեսներից (ablative plural)
մողեսով (instrumental singular)
մողեսներով (instrumental plural)
մողեսը (definite nominative singular)
մողեսն (definite nominative singular)
մողեսները (definite nominative plural)
մողեսներն (definite nominative plural)
մողեսին (dative definite singular)
մողեսներին (dative definite plural)
մողեսս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
մողեսներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
մողեսիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
մողեսներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
մողեսիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
մողեսներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
մողեսովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
մողեսներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
մողեսդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
մողեսներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
մողեսիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
մողեսներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
մողեսիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
մողեսներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
մողեսովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
մողեսներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

մողեսը/մողեսն

մողեսները/մողեսներն


ladra

Tarentola mauritanica
Wikispecies:Tarentola mauritanica

common wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)


varan

varan (nominative singular)
varani (nominative plural)
varana (genitive singular)
varanů (genitive plural)
varanovi (dative singular)
varanu (dative singular)
varanům (dative plural)
varana (accusative singular)
varany (accusative plural)
varane (singular vocative)
varani (plural vocative)
varanovi (locative singular)
varanu (locative singular)
varanech (locative plural)
varanem (instrumental singular)
varany (instrumental plural)


orbettino

Diminutive of orbo (“blind”). Compare French orvet.


basilisco

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

der

basilisk, a lizard of the genus Basiliscus


basilisco

(mythology, science fiction) basilisk (snake-like dragon type)

basilisk (any lizard of the genus Basiliscus)


laghairt

head

laghairt f (genitive singular laghairte, nominative plural laghairteanna)

laghairte (genitive singular)
laghairteanna (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
laghairt (indefinite singular)
laghairteanna (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a laghairt (indefinite singular)
a laghairteanna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
laghairte (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an laghairt (definite singular)
na laghairteanna (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na laghairte (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an laghairt (definite singular)
don laghairt (definite singular)
leis na laghairteanna (definite plural)

Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though the intermediate steps are uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Scottish Gaelic laghairt as the word appears in Scottish Gaelic dictionaries earlier than in Irish ones: it appears in Edward Dwelly's 1911 Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary, but not in the Dictionary of the Irish Language or the 1904 or 1927 editions of Dinneen's Irish–English Dictionary.


laghairt

laghairt m or f (genitive singular laghairt or laghairte, plural laghairtean)

laghairt (genitive singular)
laghairte (genitive singular)
laghairtean (plural)

→? Irish: laghairt

Ultimately from Latin lacerta, though change of c to gh is obscure; perhaps altered by association with ladhar (“toe, claw”).


도마뱀

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 도마〮ᄇᆡ〮얌〮 (Yale: twòmápóyyám).
Compound of 도마 (doma) + 뱀 (baem, “snake”). The first part may be related to 도막 (domak), 도막도막 (domakdomak).

ko-etym-native

the Tsushima ground skink, Scincella vandenburghi


гущер

bg-noun

гу́щер • (gúšter) m

гу́щер (canonical)
gúšter (romanization)
гу́щер (indefinite singular)
гу́щери (indefinite plural)
гу́щерът (definite singular subjective)
гу́щерите (definite plural subjective)
гу́щера (definite objective singular)
гу́щерите (definite objective plural)
гу́щера (count-form plural)
гу́щере (singular vocative)
гу́щери (plural vocative)


ještěrka

ještěrka (nominative singular)
ještěrky (nominative plural)
ještěrky (genitive singular)
ještěrek (genitive plural)
ještěrce (dative singular)
ještěrkám (dative plural)
ještěrku (accusative singular)
ještěrky (accusative plural)
ještěrko (singular vocative)
ještěrky (plural vocative)
ještěrce (locative singular)
ještěrkách (locative plural)
ještěrkou (instrumental singular)
ještěrkami (instrumental plural)


छिपकली

hi-noun

छिपकली • (chipkalī) f (Urdu spelling چھپکلی)

chipkalī (romanization)
چھپکلی (Urdu)
छिपकली (direct singular)
छिपकलियाँ (direct plural)
छिपकली (oblique singular)
छिपकलियों (oblique plural)
छिपकली (singular vocative)
छिपकलियो (plural vocative)

hi-ndecl

//छिप्कली<F>

Derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧 (chippa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) + -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit *छेप्या (chepyā́, “tail”), a feminine form of *छेप (chépa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)ćáypas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole”). Cognate with Marathi शेपटी (śepṭī), शेपूट (śepūṭ), Konkani शेंपडी (śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī).

cog

śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī

Konkani शेंपडी (śẽpḍī, śẽpaḍī)


bluetongue

en-noun

bluetongue (countable and uncountable, plural bluetongues)

“I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”

2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191

(countable, Australia) The blue-tongue lizard.


geco

Borrowed from English gecko, from Malay gekok (also written geˀkok or gĕkoq).


geco

Borrowed from English gecko, from Malay gekok.


bloodsucker

From blood + sucker. Sense 5 (“changeable lizard”) is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.

The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).


amphisbaena

From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “both ways”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I go”)).

der

1971: What do you call that animal that goes backward and forward, head at each end? —'Amphisbaena'. A kind of lizard. It doesn't exist. — Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 109)

(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.

ամֆիսբենա

A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.

amphisbène

any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards


iguane

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.


وزغ

وَزَغ (canonical)
wazaḡ (romanization)
وَزَغَة (feminine singulative)
أَوْزَاغ (plural)
وَزَغ (collective indefinite informal triptote)
الْوَزَغ (collective definite informal triptote)
وَزَغ (collective construct informal triptote)
وَزَغٌ (collective indefinite nominative triptote)
الْوَزَغُ (collective definite nominative triptote)
وَزَغُ (collective construct nominative triptote)
وَزَغًا (accusative collective indefinite triptote)
الْوَزَغَ (accusative collective definite triptote)
وَزَغَ (accusative collective construct triptote)
وَزَغٍ (collective genitive indefinite triptote)
الْوَزَغِ (collective definite genitive triptote)
وَزَغِ (collective construct genitive triptote)
وَزَغَة (ar-infl-a collective indefinite informal singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَة (ar-infl-a collective definite informal singulative triptote)
وَزَغَة (ar-infl-a collective construct informal singulative triptote)
وَزَغَةٌ (ar-infl-a collective indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَةُ (ar-infl-a collective definite nominative singulative triptote)
وَزَغَةُ (ar-infl-a collective construct nominative singulative triptote)
وَزَغَةً (accusative ar-infl-a collective indefinite singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite singulative triptote)
وَزَغَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a collective construct singulative triptote)
وَزَغَةٍ (ar-infl-a collective genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَةِ (ar-infl-a collective definite genitive singulative triptote)
وَزَغَةِ (ar-infl-a collective construct genitive singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَيْن (ar-infl-a collective dual indefinite informal singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَتَيْن (ar-infl-a collective definite dual informal singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَيْ (ar-infl-a collective construct dual informal singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَانِ (ar-infl-a collective dual indefinite nominative singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَتَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite dual nominative singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَا (ar-infl-a collective construct dual nominative singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective dual indefinite singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite dual singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَيْ (accusative ar-infl-a collective construct dual singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a collective dual genitive indefinite singulative triptote)
الْوَزَغَتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a collective definite dual genitive singulative triptote)
وَزَغَتَيْ (ar-infl-a collective construct dual genitive singulative triptote)
وَزَغَات (feminine indefinite informal paucal sound-form)
الْوَزَغَات (definite feminine informal paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَات (construct feminine informal paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَاتٌ (feminine indefinite nominative paucal sound-form)
الْوَزَغَاتُ (definite feminine nominative paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَاتُ (construct feminine nominative paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَاتٍ (accusative feminine indefinite paucal sound-form)
الْوَزَغَاتِ (accusative definite feminine paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَاتِ (accusative construct feminine paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَاتٍ (feminine genitive indefinite paucal sound-form)
الْوَزَغَاتِ (definite feminine genitive paucal sound-form)
وَزَغَاتِ (construct feminine genitive paucal sound-form)
أَوْزَاغ (broken-form feminine indefinite informal paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْأَوْزَاغ (broken-form definite feminine informal paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغ (broken-form construct feminine informal paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغٌ (broken-form feminine indefinite nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْأَوْزَاغُ (broken-form definite feminine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغُ (broken-form construct feminine nominative paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغًا (accusative broken-form feminine indefinite paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْأَوْزَاغَ (accusative broken-form definite feminine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغَ (accusative broken-form construct feminine paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغٍ (broken-form feminine genitive indefinite paucal plural sound-form triptote)
الْأَوْزَاغِ (broken-form definite feminine genitive paucal plural sound-form triptote)
أَوْزَاغِ (broken-form construct feminine genitive paucal plural sound-form triptote)

Maltese: wiżagħ

→ Galician: osga

→ Portuguese: osga

From Persian وزغ (vazağ), وزغه (vazağe, “small lizard”).


varaan

nl-noun

varaan m (plural varanen, diminutive varaantje n)

varanen (plural)
varaantje (diminutive neuter)

From Arabic وَرَل (waral), cognate with German Waran, French varan.

the monitor lizard, a lizard of the genus Varanus


sakon

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish chacón, possibly of onomatopoeic origin from the sound of the tokay gecko. Compare Hiligaynon sakon.


Wurmzüngler

de-noun

Wurmzüngler m (strong, genitive Wurmzünglers, plural Wurmzüngler)

Wurmzünglers (genitive)
Wurmzüngler (plural)
Wurmzüngler (nominative singular)
Wurmzüngler (definite nominative plural)
Wurmzünglers (genitive singular)
Wurmzüngler (definite genitive plural)
Wurmzüngler (dative singular)
Wurmzünglern (dative definite plural)
Wurmzüngler (accusative singular)
Wurmzüngler (accusative definite plural)

From Wurm (“worm”) + züngeln (“to dart out”) + -er (agent suffix).


Chamäleon

de-noun

Chamäleon n (strong, genitive Chamäleons, plural Chamäleons)

Chamäleons (genitive)
Chamäleons (plural)
Chamäleon (nominative singular)
Chamäleons (definite nominative plural)
Chamäleons (genitive singular)
Chamäleons (definite genitive plural)
Chamäleon (dative singular)
Chamäleons (dative definite plural)
Chamäleon (accusative singular)
Chamäleons (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin chamaeleōn, from Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khamailéōn).


pa̱chi

Borrowed from Highland Popoluca pa̱chi (“lizard”).


tokay

The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands.


leopard gecko

The markings on its body resemble those of a leopard.

A nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko, Eublepharis macularius.


aske

English: ask, askard

Scots: ask, esk, awsk

From earlier *athske, from Old English *āþesce, metathetic form of āþexe.


dragon de Komodo

fr-noun

dragon de Komodo m (plural dragons de Komodo)


worm lizard

Most species of worm-lizard still retain remnants of their pelvis and pectoral girdle (hips and shoulders), but only four species from Mexico out of the 180 currently known around the world still have functioning forelimbs.

2016 July 13, Elsa Panciroli, “How did legless worm-lizards cross the Atlantic?”, in The Guardian:

Any of many small limbless burrowing tropical squamate reptiles, of the family Amphisbaenidae or of the superfamily or suborder Amphisbaenia, that resemble worms.


lucio

pike (any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox)


lucio

es-adj

lucio (feminine lucia, masculine plural lucios, feminine plural lucias)

lucia (feminine)
lucios (masculine plural)
lucias (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin lūcidus. Compare the borrowed doublet lúcido.


มังกร

mang-gɔɔn (romanization)
ตัว (classifier)

From corruption of มกร (má-gɔɔn). Cognate with Lao ມັງກອນ (mang kǭn).


سوسمار

head

سوسمار • (susmâr) (plural سوسمارها (susmâr-hâ))

Ultimately from Sanskrit शिशुमार (śiśumāra, “alligator; river dolphin”), from शिशु (śiśu, “child”) + मार (māra, “killing”). سوس (sus, “(rare) lizard”) is a backformation from a reanalysis of the second element as مار (mâr, “snake”).

der

پوست سوسمار


green anole

An arboreal lizard, Anolis carolinensis, native to the southeastern United States

североамерика́нский красного́рлый ано́лис


יאַשטשערקע

yi-noun

יאַשטשערקע • (yashtsherke) f, plural יאַשטשערקעס (yashtsherkes)

yashtsherke (romanization)
yashtsherkes (romanization)

Borrowed from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *aščerъka.
Compare Ukrainian я́щірка (jáščirka), Belarusian я́шчарка (jáščarka), Russian я́щерка (jáščerka) and Polish jaszczurka.


jaszczurka

pl-noun

jaszczurka f (diminutive jaszczureczka, augmentative jaszczur)

jaszczureczka (diminutive)
jaszczur (augmentative)
jaszczurka (nominative singular)
jaszczurki (nominative plural)
jaszczurki (genitive singular)
jaszczurek (genitive plural)
jaszczurce (dative singular)
jaszczurkom (dative plural)
jaszczurkę (accusative singular)
jaszczurki (accusative plural)
jaszczurką (instrumental singular)
jaszczurkami (instrumental plural)
jaszczurce (locative singular)
jaszczurkach (locative plural)
jaszczurko (singular vocative)
jaszczurki (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish jaszczórka, jeszczórka, from Proto-Slavic *aščerъka, *ěščerъka. By surface analysis, jaszczur + -ka.


ящірка

uk-noun

я́щірка • (jáščirka) f animal (genitive я́щірки, nominative plural ящірки́, genitive plural ящіро́к)

я́щірка (canonical)
jáščirka (romanization)
я́щірки (genitive)
ящірки́ (nominative plural)
ящіро́к (genitive plural)
я́щірка (nominative singular)
ящірки́ (nominative plural)
я́щірки (genitive singular)
ящіро́к (genitive plural)
я́щірці (dative singular)
ящірка́м (dative plural)
я́щірку (accusative singular)
ящірки́ (accusative plural)
ящіро́к (accusative plural)
я́щіркою (instrumental singular)
ящірка́ми (instrumental plural)
я́щірці (locative singular)
ящірка́х (locative plural)
я́щірко (singular vocative)
ящірки́ (plural vocative)


ящерица

ru-noun+

я́щерица • (jáščerica) f anim (genitive я́щерицы, nominative plural я́щерицы, genitive plural я́щериц)

я́щерица (canonical)
jáščerica (romanization)
я́щерицы (genitive)
я́щерицы (nominative plural)
я́щериц (genitive plural)
я́щерица (nominative singular)
я́щерицы (nominative plural)
я́щерицы (genitive singular)
я́щериц (genitive plural)
я́щерице (dative singular)
я́щерицам (dative plural)
я́щерицу (accusative singular)
я́щериц (accusative plural)
я́щерицей (instrumental singular)
я́щерицею (instrumental singular)
я́щерицами (instrumental plural)
я́щерице (prepositional singular)
я́щерицах (plural prepositional)
я́щерица (dated nominative singular)
я́щерицы (dated nominative plural)
я́щерицы (dated genitive singular)
я́щерицъ (dated genitive plural)
я́щерицѣ (dated dative singular)
я́щерицамъ (dated dative plural)
я́щерицу (accusative dated singular)
я́щерицъ (accusative dated plural)
я́щерицей (dated instrumental singular)
я́щерицею (dated instrumental singular)
я́щерицами (dated instrumental plural)
я́щерицѣ (dated prepositional singular)
я́щерицахъ (dated plural prepositional)

[ˈjæɕːɪrʲɪt͡sə]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *aščerica. Most likely related to Russian ско́рый (skóryj, “fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift”).


グリーンアノール

ja-noun

グリーンアノール • (gurīn'anōru)


lasca

Perhaps from Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.


Waran

de-noun

Waran m (strong, genitive Warans, plural Warane)

Warans (genitive)
Warane (plural)
Waran (nominative singular)
Warane (definite nominative plural)
Warans (genitive singular)
Warane (definite genitive plural)
Waran (dative singular)
Waranen (dative definite plural)
Waran (accusative singular)
Warane (accusative definite plural)


chuckwalla

Borrowed from Spanish chacahuala, from either Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla cháxwal.

An iguana, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.


chuckwalla

chuckwalla (nominative singular)
chuckwallat (nominative plural)
chuckwalla (accusative nominative singular)
chuckwallat (accusative nominative plural)
chuckwallan (accusative genitive singular)
chuckwallat (accusative genitive plural)
chuckwallan (genitive singular)
chuckwallojen (genitive plural)
chuckwallain (genitive plural rare)
chuckwallaa (partitive singular)
chuckwalloja (partitive plural)
chuckwallassa (inessive singular)
chuckwalloissa (inessive plural)
chuckwallasta (elative singular)
chuckwalloista (elative plural)
chuckwallaan (illative singular)
chuckwalloihin (illative plural)
chuckwallalla (adessive singular)
chuckwalloilla (adessive plural)
chuckwallalta (ablative singular)
chuckwalloilta (ablative plural)
chuckwallalle (allative singular)
chuckwalloille (allative plural)
chuckwallana (essive singular)
chuckwalloina (essive plural)
chuckwallaksi (singular translative)
chuckwalloiksi (plural translative)
chuckwallatta (abessive singular)
chuckwalloitta (abessive plural)
chuckwalloin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
chuckwallani (nominative singular)
chuckwallani (nominative plural)
chuckwallani (accusative nominative singular)
chuckwallani (accusative nominative plural)
chuckwallani (accusative genitive singular)
chuckwallani (accusative genitive plural)
chuckwallani (genitive singular)
chuckwallojeni (genitive plural)
chuckwallaini (genitive plural rare)
chuckwallaani (partitive singular)
chuckwallojani (partitive plural)
chuckwallassani (inessive singular)
chuckwalloissani (inessive plural)
chuckwallastani (elative singular)
chuckwalloistani (elative plural)
chuckwallaani (illative singular)
chuckwalloihini (illative plural)
chuckwallallani (adessive singular)
chuckwalloillani (adessive plural)
chuckwallaltani (ablative singular)
chuckwalloiltani (ablative plural)
chuckwallalleni (allative singular)
chuckwalloilleni (allative plural)
chuckwallanani (essive singular)
chuckwalloinani (essive plural)
chuckwallakseni (singular translative)
chuckwalloikseni (plural translative)
chuckwallattani (abessive singular)
chuckwalloittani (abessive plural)
chuckwalloineni (comitative plural)
chuckwallasi (nominative singular)
chuckwallasi (nominative plural)
chuckwallasi (accusative nominative singular)
chuckwallasi (accusative nominative plural)
chuckwallasi (accusative genitive singular)
chuckwallasi (accusative genitive plural)
chuckwallasi (genitive singular)
chuckwallojesi (genitive plural)
chuckwallaisi (genitive plural rare)
chuckwallaasi (partitive singular)
chuckwallojasi (partitive plural)
chuckwallassasi (inessive singular)
chuckwalloissasi (inessive plural)
chuckwallastasi (elative singular)
chuckwalloistasi (elative plural)
chuckwallaasi (illative singular)
chuckwalloihisi (illative plural)
chuckwallallasi (adessive singular)
chuckwalloillasi (adessive plural)
chuckwallaltasi (ablative singular)
chuckwalloiltasi (ablative plural)
chuckwallallesi (allative singular)
chuckwalloillesi (allative plural)
chuckwallanasi (essive singular)
chuckwalloinasi (essive plural)
chuckwallaksesi (singular translative)
chuckwalloiksesi (plural translative)
chuckwallattasi (abessive singular)
chuckwalloittasi (abessive plural)
chuckwalloinesi (comitative plural)
chuckwallamme (nominative singular)
chuckwallamme (nominative plural)
chuckwallamme (accusative nominative singular)
chuckwallamme (accusative nominative plural)
chuckwallamme (accusative genitive singular)
chuckwallamme (accusative genitive plural)
chuckwallamme (genitive singular)
chuckwallojemme (genitive plural)
chuckwallaimme (genitive plural rare)
chuckwallaamme (partitive singular)
chuckwallojamme (partitive plural)
chuckwallassamme (inessive singular)
chuckwalloissamme (inessive plural)
chuckwallastamme (elative singular)
chuckwalloistamme (elative plural)
chuckwallaamme (illative singular)
chuckwalloihimme (illative plural)
chuckwallallamme (adessive singular)
chuckwalloillamme (adessive plural)
chuckwallaltamme (ablative singular)
chuckwalloiltamme (ablative plural)
chuckwallallemme (allative singular)
chuckwalloillemme (allative plural)
chuckwallanamme (essive singular)
chuckwalloinamme (essive plural)
chuckwallaksemme (singular translative)
chuckwalloiksemme (plural translative)
chuckwallattamme (abessive singular)
chuckwalloittamme (abessive plural)
chuckwalloinemme (comitative plural)
chuckwallanne (nominative singular)
chuckwallanne (nominative plural)
chuckwallanne (accusative nominative singular)
chuckwallanne (accusative nominative plural)
chuckwallanne (accusative genitive singular)
chuckwallanne (accusative genitive plural)
chuckwallanne (genitive singular)
chuckwallojenne (genitive plural)
chuckwallainne (genitive plural rare)
chuckwallaanne (partitive singular)
chuckwallojanne (partitive plural)
chuckwallassanne (inessive singular)
chuckwalloissanne (inessive plural)
chuckwallastanne (elative singular)
chuckwalloistanne (elative plural)
chuckwallaanne (illative singular)
chuckwalloihinne (illative plural)
chuckwallallanne (adessive singular)
chuckwalloillanne (adessive plural)
chuckwallaltanne (ablative singular)
chuckwalloiltanne (ablative plural)
chuckwallallenne (allative singular)
chuckwalloillenne (allative plural)
chuckwallananne (essive singular)
chuckwalloinanne (essive plural)
chuckwallaksenne (singular translative)
chuckwalloiksenne (plural translative)
chuckwallattanne (abessive singular)
chuckwalloittanne (abessive plural)
chuckwalloinenne (comitative plural)
chuckwallansa (nominative singular)
chuckwallansa (nominative plural)
chuckwallansa (accusative nominative singular)
chuckwallansa (accusative nominative plural)
chuckwallansa (accusative genitive singular)
chuckwallansa (accusative genitive plural)
chuckwallansa (genitive singular)
chuckwallojensa (genitive plural)
chuckwallainsa (genitive plural rare)
chuckwallaansa (partitive singular)
chuckwallojaan (partitive plural)
chuckwallojansa (partitive plural)
chuckwallassaan (inessive singular)
chuckwallassansa (inessive singular)
chuckwalloissaan (inessive plural)
chuckwalloissansa (inessive plural)
chuckwallastaan (elative singular)
chuckwallastansa (elative singular)
chuckwalloistaan (elative plural)
chuckwalloistansa (elative plural)
chuckwallaansa (illative singular)
chuckwalloihinsa (illative plural)
chuckwallallaan (adessive singular)
chuckwallallansa (adessive singular)
chuckwalloillaan (adessive plural)
chuckwalloillansa (adessive plural)
chuckwallaltaan (ablative singular)
chuckwallaltansa (ablative singular)
chuckwalloiltaan (ablative plural)
chuckwalloiltansa (ablative plural)
chuckwallalleen (allative singular)
chuckwallallensa (allative singular)
chuckwalloilleen (allative plural)
chuckwalloillensa (allative plural)
chuckwallanaan (essive singular)
chuckwallanansa (essive singular)
chuckwalloinaan (essive plural)
chuckwalloinansa (essive plural)
chuckwallakseen (singular translative)
chuckwallaksensa (singular translative)
chuckwalloikseen (plural translative)
chuckwalloiksensa (plural translative)
chuckwallattaan (abessive singular)
chuckwallattansa (abessive singular)
chuckwalloittaan (abessive plural)
chuckwalloittansa (abessive plural)
chuckwalloineen (comitative plural)
chuckwalloinensa (comitative plural)

chuckwalla (iguana of the genus Sauromalus)


sanda

bor

Hindi सांडा (sāṇḍā)

The sanda is easily caught by a horse-hair noose placed over the opening of his burrow, which is always of uniform shape, and the exact size of what would be a mid-section of the reptile. The sanda is in great repute as a resotorative and aphrodisiac, and even high caste Hindus, such as Brahmans and Rajpats, boil them down into a strong soup.

1893, North Indian Notes and Queries - Volume 3, page 99:

Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra, in the following manner: — The Sansi sallies forth with a wooden mallet in one hand and a tuft of tough grass in the other. On his belly he wriggles up to the sanda's hole, rustling the tuft of grass with a noise which resembles the crackling of a snake's scales. The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage. The Sansi then delivers a crushing blow with the mallet on the earth an inch or two on the inside of the sanda, closes the passage, cuts off retreat, extracts the lizard and stuffs it into his shirt.

1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122:

A favourite prey species is the sanda or spiny-tailed lizard.

1997, Valmik Thapar, Land of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent, →ISBN:

A desert reptile, Saara hardwickii, a type of spiny-tailed lizard.


อิกัวนา

ì-guua-nâa (romanization)
ตัว (classifier)

From English iguana, from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.


camaleón

Borrowed from Latin chamaeleōn, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Los camaleones comen grillos.

chameleon (reptile of the family Chamaeleonidae)


water monitor

An Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), a large lizard native to Southeast Asia.

tiníléítsoh naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí

large lizard native to Southeast Asia, Varanus slavator


kabaragoya

Borrowed from Sinhalese කබරගොයා (kabaragoyā).

bor+

The Chairman said that Kegalla raised the question of protecting the Kabaragoya from destruction and the Department of Agriculture took up the matter[…].

1923, The Tropical Agriculturalist, volume 60, page 287:

[…]I remember after-school cricket matches on Layard's Road and wickets knocked over by kabaragoyas;[…].

2007, Amitav Ghosh, Incendiary Circumstances: A Chronicle of the Turmoil of our Times, page 37:

Cobras had nothing to fear from men; their most deadly enemy was the kabaragoya, of which two called our campus home.

2009, H. Ronken Lynton, Veiled Destinies, page 52:

2012, Arcadius (Shelton A. Gunaratne), Village Life in the Forties: Memories of a Lankan Expatriate, page 150,
A kabaragoya, scenting food, tried to drive away the crows, slashing at them with its tail.

The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.


slepýš

slepýš (nominative singular)
slepýši (nominative plural)
slepýše (genitive singular)
slepýšů (genitive plural)
slepýšovi (dative singular)
slepýši (dative singular)
slepýšům (dative plural)
slepýše (accusative singular)
slepýše (accusative plural)
slepýši (singular vocative)
slepýši (plural vocative)
slepýšovi (locative singular)
slepýši (locative singular)
slepýších (locative plural)
slepýšem (instrumental singular)
slepýši (instrumental plural)


Leguan

de-noun

Leguan m (strong, genitive Leguans, plural Leguane)

Leguans (genitive)
Leguane (plural)
Leguan (nominative singular)
Leguane (definite nominative plural)
Leguans (genitive singular)
Leguane (definite genitive plural)
Leguan (dative singular)
Leguanen (dative definite plural)
Leguan (accusative singular)
Leguane (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Dutch leguaan. Ultimately from Taíno *iwana.

Es wäre unnütz, den Reisenden die Angst ausreden zu wollen, die sie häufig äußern, wenn sie bei der Ankunft in den Missionen hören, daß die Hühner, die Affen, die Leguans, die großen Flußfische, die sie essen, mit vergifteten Pfeilen getödtet sind.

1865, Hermann Hauff, transl., chapter 25, in Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents, volume 4, translation of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent by Alexander von Humboldt:


lace monitor

A monitor lizard of species Varanus varius, native to Australia.


lacertid

From the name of the first discovered example, BL Lacertae.

In the same diagram a compact galaxy, 3C 371, and a Seyfert, 3C 120, lie very close to the Lacertids.

1975 July 10, “Quasars and Lacertids show a family likeness”, in New Scientist, page 61:

These reliably variable objects included three ROCOSs (OE 400, OI 090.4, and PI034-293) and two lacertids (AO 0235+164 and OJ 287).

1990, Bulletin of the Special Astrophysical Observatory-North Caucasus, volumes 24-26, page 67:

We have identified six radio sources in the Zelenchuk (RATAN-600) catalog with two quasars, two lacertids, and two pairs of galaxies.

1993, Astronomy Reports, volume 37, American Institute of Physics, page 466:

active galactic nucleus
active galactic nucleus

(astronomy) A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.


gekon

gekon (nominative singular)
gekony (nominative plural)
gekona (genitive singular)
gekonów (genitive plural)
gekonowi (dative singular)
gekonom (dative plural)
gekona (accusative singular)
gekony (accusative plural)
gekonem (instrumental singular)
gekonami (instrumental plural)
gekonie (locative singular)
gekonach (locative plural)
gekonie (singular vocative)
gekony (plural vocative)


խլուրդ

head

խլուրդ • (xlurd)

hy-noun

խլուրդ • (xlurd)

xlurd (romanization)
խլուրդ (nominative singular)
խլուրդներ (nominative plural)
խլուրդի (dative singular)
խլուրդների (dative plural)
խլուրդից (ablative singular)
խլուրդներից (ablative plural)
խլուրդով (instrumental singular)
խլուրդներով (instrumental plural)
խլուրդը (definite nominative singular)
խլուրդն (definite nominative singular)
խլուրդները (definite nominative plural)
խլուրդներն (definite nominative plural)
խլուրդին (dative definite singular)
խլուրդներին (dative definite plural)
խլուրդս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
խլուրդներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
խլուրդիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
խլուրդներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
խլուրդիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
խլուրդներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
խլուրդովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
խլուրդներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
խլուրդդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
խլուրդներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
խլուրդիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
խլուրդներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
խլուրդիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
խլուրդներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
խլուրդովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
խլուրդներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

խլուրդը/խլուրդն

խլուրդները/խլուրդներն

խլուրդներիցս

խլուրդներովս

խլուրդներիցդ

խլուրդներովդ


waran

waran (nominative singular)
warany (nominative plural)
warana (genitive singular)
waranów (genitive plural)
waranowi (dative singular)
waranom (dative plural)
warana (accusative singular)
warany (accusative plural)
waranem (instrumental singular)
waranami (instrumental plural)
waranie (locative singular)
waranach (locative plural)
waranie (singular vocative)
warany (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French varan, from Arabic وَرَن (waran).

monitor lizard (any reptile of the family Varanidae)


caméléon

Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleōn, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khamailéōn).

(figuratively) chameleon (person who always changes)


kameleon

kameleon (nominative singular)
kameleoni (nominative plural)
kameleony (derogatory nominative plural)
kameleona (genitive singular)
kameleonów (genitive plural)
kameleonowi (dative singular)
kameleonom (dative plural)
kameleona (accusative singular)
kameleonów (accusative plural)
kameleonem (instrumental singular)
kameleonami (instrumental plural)
kameleonie (locative singular)
kameleonach (locative plural)
kameleonie (singular vocative)
kameleoni (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleōn, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn).

(figuratively) chameleon (person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances)


kameleon

sh-noun

kamelèōn m (Cyrillic spelling камелѐо̄н)

kamelèōn (canonical masculine)
камелѐо̄н (Cyrillic)
kamelèōn (nominative singular)
kameleoni (nominative plural)
kameleóna (genitive singular)
kameleona (genitive plural)
kameleonu (dative singular)
kameleonima (dative plural)
kameleona (accusative singular)
kameleone (accusative plural)
kameleone (singular vocative)
kameleoni (plural vocative)
kameleonu (locative singular)
kameleonima (locative plural)
kameleonom (instrumental singular)
kameleonima (instrumental plural)


դոդոշ

head

դոդոշ • (dodoš)

hy-noun

դոդոշ • (dodoš)

dodoš (romanization)
դոդոշ (nominative singular)
դոդոշներ (nominative plural)
դոդոշի (dative singular)
դոդոշների (dative plural)
դոդոշից (ablative singular)
դոդոշներից (ablative plural)
դոդոշով (instrumental singular)
դոդոշներով (instrumental plural)
դոդոշը (definite nominative singular)
դոդոշն (definite nominative singular)
դոդոշները (definite nominative plural)
դոդոշներն (definite nominative plural)
դոդոշին (dative definite singular)
դոդոշներին (dative definite plural)
դոդոշս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
դոդոշներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
դոդոշիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
դոդոշներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
դոդոշիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
դոդոշներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
դոդոշովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
դոդոշներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
դոդոշդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
դոդոշներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
դոդոշիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
դոդոշներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
դոդոշիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
դոդոշներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
դոդոշովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
դոդոշներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

դոդոշը/դոդոշն

դոդոշները/դոդոշներն

Unattested in texts earlier than the 17th century. Identical with *թոթոշ (*tʻotʻoš) in Old Armenian քարաթոթոշ (kʻaratʻotʻoš, “gecko”). A reduplicative formation of unknown origin, to be connected with Udi тошо (tošo, “grass snake”).

unk

unknown

Գորտ ընդ դօդօշի […]
Gort ənd dōdōši[…]

finished 1731, Stefanus Roszka, Armenian–Latin Dictionary


camaleão

[ˌkɐ̃.mɐ.leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌkɐ̃.mɐ.leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn) from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”). Second -a-, and Brazilian pronunciation with a nasal vowel, by folk etymology, interpreting the term as a compound of cama (“bed”) and leão (“lion”).


moloch

From Hebrew מולך (molokh, “Ammonite god, worshipped by Canaanites and Phoenicians, who demanded child-sacrifice. Mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy”).

bor

Any of species Moloch horridus of Australian lizards, sole species of the genus Moloch.


שממית

he-noun

שְׂמָמִית • (smamít) f (plural indefinite שממיות, singular construct שממיות־)

שְׂמָמִית (canonical)
smamít (romanization)
שממיות (indefinite plural)
שממיות־ (construct singular)

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) gecko (any lizard of the family Gekkonidae)

(Biblical Hebrew, hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:

(most likely) A lizard, possibly a gecko or stellion.

(doubtful) A humanlike animal (monkey or ape).


ხვლიკი

ka-noun

ხვლიკი • (xvliḳi) (plural ხვლიკები)

xvliḳi (romanization)
ხვლიკები (plural)
ხვლიკი (nominative singular)
ხვლიკები (nominative plural)
ხვლიკნი (archaic nominative plural)
ხვლიკმა (ergative singular)
ხვლიკებმა (ergative plural)
ხვლიკთ (archaic ergative plural)
ხვლიკთ (archaic ergative plural)
ხვლიკთაt) (archaic ergative plural)
ხვლიკთაta) (archaic ergative plural)
ხვლიკს (dative singular)
ხვლიკს (dative singular)
ხვლიკსაs) (dative singular)
ხვლიკსაsa) (dative singular)
ხვლიკებს (dative plural)
ხვლიკებს (dative plural)
ხვლიკებსაs) (dative plural)
ხვლიკებსაsa) (dative plural)
ხვლიკთ (archaic dative plural)
ხვლიკთ (archaic dative plural)
ხვლიკთაt) (archaic dative plural)
ხვლიკთაta) (archaic dative plural)
ხვლიკის (genitive singular)
ხვლიკის (genitive singular)
ხვლიკისაs) (genitive singular)
ხვლიკისაsa) (genitive singular)
ხვლიკების (genitive plural)
ხვლიკების (genitive plural)
ხვლიკებისაs) (genitive plural)
ხვლიკებისაsa) (genitive plural)
ხვლიკთ (archaic genitive plural)
ხვლიკთ (archaic genitive plural)
ხვლიკთაt) (archaic genitive plural)
ხვლიკთაta) (archaic genitive plural)
ხვლიკით (instrumental singular)
ხვლიკით (instrumental singular)
ხვლიკითაt) (instrumental singular)
ხვლიკითაta) (instrumental singular)
ხვლიკებით (instrumental plural)
ხვლიკებით (instrumental plural)
ხვლიკებითაt) (instrumental plural)
ხვლიკებითაta) (instrumental plural)
ხვლიკად (adverbial singular)
ხვლიკად (adverbial singular)
ხვლიკადაd) (adverbial singular)
ხვლიკადაda) (adverbial singular)
ხვლიკებად (adverbial plural)
ხვლიკებად (adverbial plural)
ხვლიკებადაd) (adverbial plural)
ხვლიკებადაda) (adverbial plural)
ხვლიკო (singular vocative)
ხვლიკებო (plural vocative)
ხვლიკნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
ხვლიკზე (singular)
ხვლიკებზე (plural)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
ხვლიკთან (singular)
ხვლიკებთან (plural)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
ხვლიკში (singular)
ხვლიკებში (plural)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
ხვლიკივით (singular)
ხვლიკებივით (plural)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
ხვლიკისთვის (singular)
ხვლიკებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
ხვლიკისებრ (singular)
ხვლიკებისებრ (plural)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
ხვლიკისკენ (singular)
ხვლიკებისკენ (plural)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
ხვლიკისგან (singular)
ხვლიკებისგან (plural)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
ხვლიკიდან (singular)
ხვლიკებიდან (plural)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
ხვლიკითურთ (singular)
ხვლიკებითურთ (plural)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
ხვლიკამდე (singular)
ხვლიკებამდე (plural)

Derived from Old Georgian მხულივი (mxulivi), itself derived from Proto-Kartvelian *mxul-.


lagartija

From lagarto + -ija. Compare Portuguese lagartixa, Asturian llagartesa, Catalan llangardaix.

(Costa Rica, Mexico, exercise) push-up, press-up


kərtənkələ

az-noun

kərtənkələ (definite accusative kərtənkələni, plural kərtənkələlər)

kərtənkələni (accusative definite)
kərtənkələlər (plural)
kərtənkələ (nominative singular)
kərtənkələlər (nominative plural)
kərtənkələni (accusative definite singular)
kərtənkələləri (accusative definite plural)
kərtənkələyə (dative singular)
kərtənkələlərə (dative plural)
kərtənkələdə (locative singular)
kərtənkələlərdə (locative plural)
kərtənkələdən (ablative singular)
kərtənkələlərdən (ablative plural)
kərtənkələnin (definite genitive singular)
kərtənkələlərin (definite genitive plural)
kərtənkələm (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
kərtənkələlərim (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
kərtənkələn (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələlərin (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələsi (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələləri (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələmiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
kərtənkələlərimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
kərtənkələniz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kərtənkələləriniz (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kərtənkələsi (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələləri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələləri (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
kərtənkələmi (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kərtənkələlərimi (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kərtənkələni (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələsini (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələmizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kərtənkələlərimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kərtənkələnizi (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kərtənkələlərinizi (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kərtənkələsini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərini (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
kərtənkələmə (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kərtənkələlərimə (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kərtənkələnə (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələsinə (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələmizə (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kərtənkələlərimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kərtənkələnizə (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kərtənkələlərinizə (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kərtənkələsinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərinə (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
kərtənkələmdə (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
kərtənkələlərimdə (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
kərtənkələndə (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələlərində (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələsində (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələlərində (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələmizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
kərtənkələlərimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
kərtənkələnizdə (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kərtənkələlərinizdə (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kərtənkələsində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərində (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
kərtənkələmdən (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kərtənkələlərimdən (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kərtənkələndən (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələsindən (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələmizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kərtənkələlərimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kərtənkələnizdən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kərtənkələlərinizdən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kərtənkələsindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərindən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
kərtənkələmin (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
kərtənkələlərimin (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
kərtənkələnin (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kərtənkələsinin (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kərtənkələmizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
kərtənkələlərimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
kərtənkələnizin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kərtənkələlərinizin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kərtənkələsinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kərtənkələlərinin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

kər‧tən‧kə‧lə


blue-tongued skink

en-noun

blue-tongued skink (plural blue-tongued skinks)

Any of several species of Australian skinks in the genus Tiliqua.


regal horned lizard

regal horned lizard (plural regal horned lizards)

Phrynosoma solare, a horned lizard, with a wide toad-shaped body about seven inches long, noted for the ten horns that form a crown-like structure on its head.


horned lizard

Any of some 14 species of lizard in the genus Phrynosoma, generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.


mastigure

From translingual Mastigurus (“genus Uromastyx”), from Ancient Greek μάστιξ (mástix, “a scourge, a whip”) + οὐρά (ourá, “a tail”). Compare Uromastyx.

uder

Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.


orvet

Uncertain; probably from Old French orb (“blind”).


beardy

The fascinating "beardie" is not a tit at all, but belongs to an Asian family, the parrotbills.

1988, Michael Cady, Rob Hume, editors, The Complete Book of British Birds, page 242:

(informal) A bearded person or animal:
A bearded reedling.

But she always kept her distance whenever one of my beardies was out of its cage, as if Moose merely acted like a good-natured lap lizard to throw her off[…].

It is impossible to determine the sex of beardies as babies or juveniles, so if you are thinking of breeding them, you may have to buy four or five and raise them in individual enclosures.

2007, Steve Grenard, Bearded Dragon, page 52:

The bearded dragon will reach its adult length by one year. Baby beardies quickly grow into long, strong lizards!

2008, Suzanne Buckingham, Meet the Bearded Dragon, page 20:

(informal) A bearded person or animal:
A bearded dragon.

Beardies grow fast. They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one.

1996, Andrew De Prisco, James Burris Johnson, Choosing a Dog for Life, page 73:

Beardies take two to three years to mature, so be prepared for typical puppy activity during this time.

2005, Don Burke, The Complete Burke's Backyard: The Ultimate Book of Fact Sheets, page 754:

(informal) A bearded person or animal:
A bearded collie.

Loaches (or beardies) often also thinned our preserves, and in this they were occasionally helped by small eels. Whenever beardies got within an enclosure containing only creepers and caddis worms, in a very short space of time the beardies alone were left, so rapacious are these small fishes.

1864, John Younger, River Angling for Salmon and Trout : With a Memoir and List of the Tweed Salmon Casts, page 180:

(informal) A bearded person or animal:
Any of several kinds of fish; a loach.


tuko

From Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as “tuk-o”. Compare Ilocano tekka, Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tiki, Maranao tagetek, Tausug tukki', and Malay tokek. See also Malay cecak.


anfisbena

Learned borrowing from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina).

lbor

amphisbaena (any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards)


cameleon

cameleoni (plural)
cameleon (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cameleonul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cameleoni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cameleonii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cameleon (indefinite singular)
cameleonului (definite singular)
cameleoni (indefinite plural)
cameleonilor (definite plural)
cameleonule (singular vocative)
cameleonilor (plural vocative)


tegu

From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.

especially any of genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.


varanoid

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Varanoidea of lizards, including the well-known Australian family Varanidae (the goannas).


thằn lằn

[tʰaŋ˦˩ laŋ˦˩]

[tʰaŋ˨˩ laŋ˨˩]

Trần Trọng Dương (2013) considers this word a cognate to trăn (“python”). See there for etymology.


బల్లి

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *palli (“lizard”). Cognate with Tamil பல்லி (palli), Malayalam പല്ലി (palli), Kannada ಪಲ್ಲಿ (palli).

inh+

అందరికీ శకునము చెప్పే బల్లి కుడితితోట్టెలో పడ్డట్టు

The lizard which tells the fortunes of all fell itself into the tub of rice-washings.

andarikī śakunamu ceppē balli kuḍititōṭṭelō paḍḍaṭṭu


madfall

cy-noun

madfall m or f (plural madfallod or madfeill or madfeillod)

madfallod (plural)
madfeill (plural)
madfeillod (plural)
madfall
fadfall (soft)

A variant of mabddall m (“person who is born blind; blindworm, slow-worm; lizard; newt”), from mab (“son”) + dall (“blind”).

Mae cymmaint a phum tylwyth o leiaf o madfallod wedi eu darganfod yma.

1853, Aeron Afan, sef y Cyfansoddiadau Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Iforaidd Aberafan, page 49:

As many as five families of lizards have been discovered here.

Fel y fadfall, newidiant eu lliw gyda phob cyflwr a sefyllfa.

1854, Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd neu Drysorfa o Wyboddaeth Ddwyfol, Iachusol a Chyffredinol, page 151:

As the lizard, they change their colour with every condition and situation.


varanid

From scientific Latin Varanidae (family name).

Although fossils of giant varanids had been known since the mid-1800s, the discovery that giant lizards were still among us, albeit on a few isolated islands in far-away Southeast Asia, was met with fascination and excitement.

2017 May 17, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:

Any lizard of the genus Varanus; a monitor lizard.


anguimorph

Any lizard of the infraorder Anguimorpha.


Agamidae

A taxonomic family within the order Iguania – often called dragon lizards.


хамелеон

ru-noun+

хамелео́н • (xameleón) m anim (genitive хамелео́на, nominative plural хамелео́ны, genitive plural хамелео́нов)

хамелео́н (canonical)
xameleón (romanization)
хамелео́на (genitive)
хамелео́ны (nominative plural)
хамелео́нов (genitive plural)
хамелео́н (nominative singular)
хамелео́ны (nominative plural)
хамелео́на (genitive singular)
хамелео́нов (genitive plural)
хамелео́ну (dative singular)
хамелео́нам (dative plural)
хамелео́на (accusative singular)
хамелео́нов (accusative plural)
хамелео́ном (instrumental singular)
хамелео́нами (instrumental plural)
хамелео́не (prepositional singular)
хамелео́нах (plural prepositional)

→ Kildin Sami: хамелеон (xamjeljeon)


butiki

Borrowed from Tagalog butiki (“house lizard”).

(Daet) house lizard (Hemidactylus frenatus)


butiki

bor+

Borrowed from Tagalog butiki (“house lizard”)


cecak

id-noun

cêcak (plural cecak-cecak, first-person possessive cecakku, second-person possessive cecakmu, third-person possessive cecaknya)

cêcak (canonical)
cecak-cecak (plural)
cecakku (first-person possessive)
cecakmu (possessive second-person)
cecaknya (possessive third-person)

[t͡ʃəˈt͡ʃaʔ]

common house gecko
common house gecko#English


ตะกวด

dtà-gùuat (romanization)
ตัว (classifier)

From Khmer ត្រកួត (trɑɑkuət, “clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus Gray”). Compare Lao ຈະກວດ (cha kūat).

der

Bengal monitor, a lizard, Varanus bengalensis Gray, of the family Varanidae.


legless lizard

Any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.


fuck-you lizard

en-noun

fuck-you lizard (plural fuck-you lizards)

Named during the Vietnam War, as the lizard's cry could be heard as fuck you. The fuck sound is quite clear and short in duration, followed by a pause of about half a second and the elongated you. The same sound could also be heard as tokay (as in tokay gecko), as tokeh (as in tokeh-tokeh), or as tuctoo, all of which are other English names of the lizard.

The mating call of a tokay gecko (fuck-you gecko)

listen

“Relax, son,” he whispered, “it’s only a fuck-you lizard.”

1988, Russell E. McLogan, Boy Soldier: Coming of Age During World War II, Terrus Press, page 141

“Uccck-ouuu.” Small Deer said, imitating a Fuck-You Lizard to perfection.

2004, Mike Sutton, No Survivors, Author House, page 176:

At least it wasn’t a fuck-you lizard, I thought.

2009, Wayne Karlin, Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam, Nation Books, page 269:

(military slang, vulgar) The tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), native to Southeast Asia.


acrodont

Pleurodont lizards are such as have the teeth attached by their sides {148} to the inner surface of the jaw, in contradistinction to acrodont lizards, which have the bases of their teeth anchylosed to the summit of the margin of the jaw.

1871, St. George Mivart, On the Genesis of Species:

The known skeletal remains of Longisquama lack any other diagnostic archosaurian characters [the furcula mentioned by Jones et al. consists of paired clavicles, as Sharov originally noted], but they exhibit two features, acrodont teeth and an interclavicle ( 3 ), that are typical of lepidosaurs.

2001 March 9, Richard O. Prum with et al., “Longisquama Fossil and Feather Morphology”, in Science, volume 291, number 5510, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1899–1902:

Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.

ránőtt fog

having teeth united to the top of the alveolar ridge


acrodont

One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge


sungazer

One who takes part in sungazing, staring at the Sun.


galliwasp

Any of the lizards in the genus Celestus.


genau-goeg

genau-goegion (plural)
genau-goeg
enau-goeg (soft)
ngenau-goeg

Compound consisting of genau (“mouth”) + coeg (“vain, empty, false”) in reference to its mouth being narrower than that of a snake and without the bite or venom.


камелеон

камелѐо̄н (canonical masculine)
kamelèōn (romanization)
камелѐо̄н (nominative singular)
камелеони (nominative plural)
камелео́на (genitive singular)
камелеона (genitive plural)
камелеону (dative singular)
камелеонима (dative plural)
камелеона (accusative singular)
камелеоне (accusative plural)
камелеоне (singular vocative)
камелеони (plural vocative)
камелеону (locative singular)
камелеонима (locative plural)
камелеоном (instrumental singular)
камелеонима (instrumental plural)


Agama

From Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – agamid lizards.


nhông

Compare giông and Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects chôông.


cự đà

[kɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩]

[kɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˦˩]

[kɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˨˩]

Related to kì đà.
They might both originate from earlier *k-daː, but while kì đà simply preserved the presyllable, cự đà likely got influenced by 巨 (cự, “huge, big”).


iguanid

(zoology) Any lizard of the family Iguanidae.


sandfish

en-noun

sandfish (plural sandfishes or sandfish)

belted sandfish

Serranus subligarius in family Serranidae

Other animals that notably burrow in sand:

sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), a land-dwelling lizard that swims in sand


tắc kè

[tak̚˧˦ kɛ˨˩]

[tak̚˦˧˥ kɛ˦˩]

[tak̚˦˥ kɛ˨˩]

Onomatopoeic. Compare Indonesian tokek, Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ) and Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.).


cắc kè

[kak̚˧˦ kɛ˨˩]

[kak̚˦˧˥ kɛ˦˩]

[kak̚˦˥ kɛ˨˩]

Onomatopoeic. Compare cắc ké and also English gecko.


whiptail

whiptail (countable and uncountable, plural whiptails)

Social status may be less important to red-necked wallabies, which, unlike whiptails, are "essentially solitary" (McEvoy 1970).

1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 4, number 4, page 409:

pretty-faced wallaby
pretty-faced wallaby

A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).


dearc-luachrach

head

dearc-luachrach f (genitive singular dearc-luachrach, plural dearcan-luachrach)

dearc-luachrach (genitive singular)
dearcan-luachrach (plural)

From dearc (“speckled animal”) + luachrach, genitive case of luachair (“rushes”).


игуана

ru-noun+

игуа́на • (iguána) f anim (genitive игуа́ны, nominative plural игуа́ны, genitive plural игуа́н)

игуа́на (canonical)
iguána (romanization)
игуа́ны (genitive)
игуа́ны (nominative plural)
игуа́н (genitive plural)
игуа́на (nominative singular)
игуа́ны (nominative plural)
игуа́ны (genitive singular)
игуа́н (genitive plural)
игуа́не (dative singular)
игуа́нам (dative plural)
игуа́ну (accusative singular)
игуа́н (accusative plural)
игуа́ной (instrumental singular)
игуа́ною (instrumental singular)
игуа́нами (instrumental plural)
игуа́не (prepositional singular)
игуа́нах (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.


глухарь

глуха́рь • (gluxárʹ) m anim or m inan (genitive глухаря́, nominative plural глухари́, genitive plural глухаре́й)

глуха́рь (canonical)
gluxárʹ (romanization)
глухаря́ (genitive)
глухари́ (nominative plural)
глухаре́й (genitive plural)
глуха́рь (nominative singular)
глухари́ (nominative plural)
глухаря́ (genitive singular)
глухаре́й (genitive plural)
глухарю́ (dative singular)
глухаря́м (dative plural)
глухаря́ (accusative animate singular)
глухаре́й (accusative animate plural)
глуха́рь (accusative inanimate singular)
глухари́ (accusative inanimate plural)
глухарём (instrumental singular)
глухаря́ми (instrumental plural)
глухаре́ (prepositional singular)
глухаря́х (plural prepositional)

глухо́й (gluxój) + -а́рь (-árʹ)

af

глухо́й (gluxój) + -а́рь (-árʹ)

western capercaillie
western capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus
Tetrao urogallus#Translingual

(animate) western capercaillie, wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus)


bubuli

tl-noun

bubulí or bubuli (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜎᜒ)

bubulí (canonical)
bubuli (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

Lamprolepis smaragdina
Wikispecies:Lamprolepis smaragdina

emerald green skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina)


evete

English: eft

Yola: eft

From Old English efete, efeta; further etymology is unknown.


savannah monitor

en-noun

savannah monitor (plural savannah monitors)

Varanus exanthematicus
Varanus exanthematicus#Translingual

Varanus exanthematicus, a species of monitor lizard.


Steppenwaran

de-noun

Steppenwaran m (strong, genitive Steppenwaranes or Steppenwarans, plural Steppenwarane)

Steppenwaranes (genitive)
Steppenwarans (genitive)
Steppenwarane (plural)
Steppenwaran (nominative singular)
Steppenwarane (definite nominative plural)
Steppenwaranes (genitive singular)
Steppenwarans (genitive singular)
Steppenwarane (definite genitive plural)
Steppenwaran (dative singular)
Steppenwarane (dative singular)
Steppenwaranen (dative definite plural)
Steppenwaran (accusative singular)
Steppenwarane (accusative definite plural)

Steppe (“steppe”) + Waran (“monitor lizard”)

compound

savannah monitor, a species of monitor lizard (Varanus exanthematicus)


Komodowaran

de-noun

Komodowaran m (strong, genitive Komodowaranes or Komodowarans, plural Komodowarane)

Komodowaranes (genitive)
Komodowarans (genitive)
Komodowarane (plural)
Komodowaran (nominative singular)
Komodowarane (definite nominative plural)
Komodowaranes (genitive singular)
Komodowarans (genitive singular)
Komodowarane (definite genitive plural)
Komodowaran (dative singular)
Komodowarane (dative singular)
Komodowaranen (dative definite plural)
Komodowaran (accusative singular)
Komodowarane (accusative definite plural)


Gila-Krustenechse

Gila-Krustenechse f (genitive Gila-Krustenechse, plural Gila-Krustenechsen)

Gila-Krustenechse (genitive)
Gila-Krustenechsen (plural)
Gila-Krustenechse (nominative singular)
Gila-Krustenechsen (definite nominative plural)
Gila-Krustenechse (genitive singular)
Gila-Krustenechsen (definite genitive plural)
Gila-Krustenechse (dative singular)
Gila-Krustenechsen (dative definite plural)
Gila-Krustenechse (accusative singular)
Gila-Krustenechsen (accusative definite plural)


Echse

Echse (genitive)
Echsen (plural)
Echse (nominative singular)
Echsen (definite nominative plural)
Echse (genitive singular)
Echsen (definite genitive plural)
Echse (dative singular)
Echsen (dative definite plural)
Echse (accusative singular)
Echsen (accusative definite plural)


camaleó

Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleōn.


lacertine

en-adj

lacertine (comparative more lacertine, superlative most lacertine)

more lacertine (comparative)
most lacertine (superlative)


lacertian

/ləˈsəːtɪən/


dragó

Inherited from Latin dracōnem (compare Occitan dragon, French dragon, Spanish dragón), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Cognate to Catalan drac, which came from the Latin nominative dracō.


wall lizard

A small, thin species of lizard found in Europe and North America, Podarcis muralis.


měďák

měďák (nominative singular)
měďáky (nominative plural)
měďáku (genitive singular)
měďáků (genitive plural)
měďáku (dative singular)
měďákům (dative plural)
měďák (accusative singular)
měďáky (accusative plural)
měďáku (singular vocative)
měďáky (plural vocative)
měďáku (locative singular)
měďácích (locative plural)
měďákem (instrumental singular)
měďáky (instrumental plural)


stellio

la-noun

stēlliō m (genitive stēlliōnis); third declension

stēlliō (canonical masculine)
stēlliōnis (genitive)
stēlliō (nominative singular)
stēlliōnēs (nominative plural)
stēlliōnis (genitive singular)
stēlliōnum (genitive plural)
stēlliōnī (dative singular)
stēlliōnibus (dative plural)
stēlliōnem (accusative singular)
stēlliōnēs (accusative plural)
stēlliōne (ablative singular)
stēlliōnibus (ablative plural)
stēlliō (singular vocative)
stēlliōnēs (plural vocative)

From stēlla (“star”) + -iō, perhaps originally for the star lizard, so named because of the starlike spots on its back.

stellion or other kind of small lizard, newt


scinque

Learned borrowing from Latin scincos, from Ancient Greek σκίγκος (skínkos).


snow skink

Any skink in the taxonomic genus Niveoscincus, endemic to south-eastern Australia (Tasmania and Victoria).


horned frog

But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]

1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41:

The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.

1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:

I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog

2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy:

(US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.


dragó de Komodo

ca-noun

dragó de Komodo m (plural dragons de Komodo)


آفتاب‌پرست

head

آفتابپرست • (âftâb-parast)

fa-noun

آفتابپرست • (âftâb-parast)

آفتابپرست (canonical)
âftâb-parast (romanization)

[ʔɑːf.t̪ʰɑːb.pʰä.ɾǽst̪]

[ʔɑːf.t̪ʰɑːb.pʰä.ɾǽst̪]

[ʔɔːf.t̪ʰɔːb.pʰä.ɾǽst̪]

[ʔɒːf.t̪ʰɒːb.pʰæ.ɹǽst̪]

From آفتاب (âftâb, “sun”) + ـپرست (-parast, “-worshipper”).

af

(Classical Persian, Dari and Tajik) sunflower


iguanian

Any of the suborder Iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "New World lizards".