Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A lizard of the restricted family Lacertidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Any lizard of the family Lacertidae, a family of Old World terrestrial lizard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any lizard of the family Lacertidae

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  • noun Old World terrestrial lizard

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Examples

  • Vanhooydonck and R. van Damme, ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or restraint’, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 2004, 974–84.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Vanhooydonck and R. van Damme, ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or restraint’,Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 2004, 974–84; photo courtesy Anthony Herrel.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Vanhooydonck and R. van Damme, ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or restraint’, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 2004, 974–84.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Vanhooydonck and R. van Damme, ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or restraint’,Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 2004, 974–84; photo courtesy Anthony Herrel.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or constraint?’

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or constraint?’

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • There are also painted frog Discoglossus pictus, three species of toad, two harmless species of snake and one lacertid.

    Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia 2008

  • A Fine line between sex and unisexuality: The phylogenetic constraints on parthenogenesis in lacertid lizards.

    Biological diversity in the Caucasus 2008

  • Ecomorphological analysis of aerial performance in a non-specialized lacertid lizard,

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Most lacertid lizards are content scurrying in and out of nooks and crannies in walls and between rocks.

    innovations-report 2009

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