rock lizard

noun

Any of the small lizards, of several genera in family Lacertidae, that dwell in rocky places.

Meanings

nounrock lizard (plural rock lizards)

plural rock lizards

  1. Any of the small lizards, of several genera in family Lacertidae, that dwell in rocky places.
  2. Any of the species of genus Petrosaurus in family Phrynosomatidae in suborder Iguania.
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