dabb lizard

noun

Uromastyx geyri, an agamid lizard.

Meanings

noundabb lizard (plural dabb lizards)

plural dabb lizards

  1. Uromastyx geyri, an agamid lizard.

Origin

  1. Arabicضَبّ“spiny-tailed lizard”
  2. Englishdabb lizard

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

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