Meanings
plural frilled lizards
- A lizard of species 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.
Synonyms: frilled agama, frilled dragon, frilled-neck lizard, frill-necked lizard, frilly lizard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lizard of species 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan llangardaix de gorguera
- llangardaix de gorgueralizard
Finnish kauluslisko
- kaulusliskolizard
German Kragenechse
- Kragenechselizard
Icelandic kragagáma
- kragagámalizard
Japanese エリマキトカゲ
- エリマキトカゲ (erimakitokage)lizard
Russian плащено́сная я́щерица
- плащено́сная я́щерица (plaščenósnaja jáščerica)lizard
Cite this entry
frilled lizard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frilled%20lizard
“frilled lizard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frilled%20lizard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frilled lizard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frilled%20lizard.
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