Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of basilisk, Basiliscus americanus: so called from the crest (or mane) on its back and tail.
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There are here a few wild monkeys, with abundance of lizards; among which is one called the _lion-lizard_, about the size of a man's arm, one that I measured being three feet eleven inches from the head to the end of the tail.
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