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from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or having the characters of the lizards called
Chalcididæ . SeeChalcididæ . - noun A lizard of the family Chalcididæ. Also
chalcid . - noun An insect of the family Chalcididæ. Also
chalcid . - Pertaining or relating to Chalcis, the chief city of the Greek island sometimes called Egripo and Negropont, but now bearing its ancient name Eubœa.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Chalcis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (
Chalcidæ ), having four small or rudimentary legs.
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