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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) of Australia and New Guinea having a broad contractile membrane extending from the neck and throat that can be erected like a ruff when the mouth is opened.
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- noun A lizard with a wide, contractile membranous frill extending from the neck and throat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
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