hagedis

Definitions of hagedis
  1. noun
    relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
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    tjitjak
    any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
    boomhagedis
    a lizard of the family Agamidae
    duinhagedis
    one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
    basilisk
    small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
    draak
    any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
    duinhagedis
    a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
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    sauriër
    any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
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