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anguid lizard

DEFINITIONS OF: anguid lizard

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n any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects

Types:
alligator lizard
slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
Anguis fragilis, blindworm, slowworm
small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
glass lizard, glass snake, joint snake
snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
Type of:
lizard
relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
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