Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fissilingual lizards, of the family Ameividœ.
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Examples
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Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is another notable reptile species.
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Their reputed peculiarity is that, of beating beehives till they compel the bees to retire, and then feasting upon the sweet booty: in the same case with these, is the lizard with the double-keeled tail, known as the crocodilurus.
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