"glass lizard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glass lizards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} glass lizard (plural glass lizards)
  1. A member of the genus Ophisaurus, comprising some fifteen species of legless lizards. Wikipedia link: glass lizard Categories (lifeform): Anguimorph lizards Synonyms: glass snake
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