legless lizard — noun a) Any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness. b) Any lizard that does not have limbs … Wiktionary
legless lizard — noun degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards • Hypernyms: ↑lizard • Member Holonyms: ↑Anniellidae, ↑family Anniellidae … Useful english dictionary
American legless lizard — Taxobox name = Anniellidae image width = 240px image caption = Anniella pulchra regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata familia = Anniellidae genus = Anniella genus authority = Gray, 1852 subdivision ranks = Species … Wikipedia
lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing… … Universalium
Lizard — For other uses, see Lizard (disambiguation). Lizards Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 220–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Squamata — This article is about the Squamata order of reptiles. For the Roman scale armour, see Lorica squamata. Scaled reptiles Temporal range: Late Triassic recent … Wikipedia
snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an … Universalium
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
Sheltopusik — Scheltopusik Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma … Wikipedia
List of families — This is a list of families used in scientific classification.=Kingdom Animalia=Phylum ChordataClass AvesOrder Accipitriformes* Family Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and allies * Family Cathartidae: New World vultures * … Wikipedia