Etymology

dabb lizard

Today it means: Uromastyx geyri, an agamid lizard. Full definition →

Arabic ضَبّ
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromضَبّ“spiny-tailed lizard”
  2. English todaydabb lizard

Dabb from Arabic ضَبّ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”).

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