lagartija

Definitions of lagartija
  1. noun
    an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms
    synonyms: abdominal, flexión, plancha
  2. noun
    relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
    synonyms: lagarto
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    geco
    any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
    iguánido
    lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
    camaleón
    lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
    iguana
    large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
    basilisco
    small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
    dragón
    any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
    lución
    small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
    salamanquesa
    a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long
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    saurio
    any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
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