lizard

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noun

Plural noun:

lizards

1.
Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of †Mosasauria—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
2.
(attributive)(chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
3.
(colloquial)An unctuous person.
4.
(colloquial)A coward.
5.
(rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
6.
(in compounds)A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

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From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from lusard, from Old French lesard (compare lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native aske, from āþexe (> modern ask, askard).