Definitions

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  • adjective Reminding of a lizard.
  • adverb rare Like a lizard.

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Examples

  • Several creatures with serpentine bodies—maybe three feet plus change in length—and feathered, lizardlike heads flew out from the mouths of the tunnels, carried on multiple, hummingbird-quick wings.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Several creatures with serpentine bodies—maybe three feet plus change in length—and feathered, lizardlike heads flew out from the mouths of the tunnels, carried on multiple, hummingbird-quick wings.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Several creatures with serpentine bodies—maybe three feet plus change in length—and feathered, lizardlike heads flew out from the mouths of the tunnels, carried on multiple, hummingbird-quick wings.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Hearing his slimy voice that so perfectly matches his lizardlike face brings up images of what Satan must have looked and sounded like, tempting Jesus in the wilderness.

    Marist: Chuckie Schumer (D, NY) dropped seven points since September. | RedState 2010

  • Several creatures with serpentine bodies—maybe three feet plus change in length—and feathered, lizardlike heads flew out from the mouths of the tunnels, carried on multiple, hummingbird-quick wings.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • The chief of these other than hard work and hard living in a dry desert landscape is a giant lizardlike creature that eats all their crops, and is mostly impervious to standard weaponry.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • The frosty planetary vista on the main viewer abruptly vanished, replaced by a leering, lizardlike countenance that bore only a passing resemblance to that of the Gorn technologist who had accompanied the just-departed second away team.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • It clattered to the floor, barely missing the lizardlike tail of another godboy, who flicked his forked tongue in annoyance at him and then scuttled away.

    Aphrodite the Beauty Joan Holub 2010

  • The tuatara, a nocturnal lizardlike reptile from New Zealand, shares a nest with the diurnal petrel, a sea bird.

    For young readers: ‘How to Clean a Hippopotamus' 2010

  • The frosty planetary vista on the main viewer abruptly vanished, replaced by a leering, lizardlike countenance that bore only a passing resemblance to that of the Gorn technologist who had accompanied the just-departed second away team.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

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