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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEidechse
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eye-dech-seh
"Eine kleine Eidechse saß auf dem warmen Stein."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A reptile typically having a scaly body, four legs, movable eyelids, and a tapering tail.
"A small green lizard scurried across the warm garden stone." - 2
Any of numerous predatory scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria.
"The desert monitor is a large carnivorous lizard found in arid regions."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'lesard', from Old French 'lesard', which stems from the Latin 'lacertus' meaning lizard. The combining form 'sauro-' comes from the Greek 'sauros', meaning lizard, which is heavily used in paleontology for dinosaur names.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lizard" is said worldwide
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lézard
Transliteration: le-zar
"Un petit lézard vert se dorait au soleil."
Eidechse
Transliteration: eye-dech-seh
"Eine kleine Eidechse saß auf dem warmen Stein."
lucertola
Transliteration: lu-tcher-to-la
"La lucertola correva veloce sul muro."
lagarto
Transliteration: la-gar-to
"Un lagarto grande descansaba bajo la sombra."
lagarto
Transliteration: la-gar-tu
"O lagarto apanhava sol na rocha."
छिपकली
Transliteration: chipkali
"दीवार पर एक छोटी छिपकली घूम रही है।"
蜥蜴
Transliteration: xī yì
"一只小蜥蜴在石头上晒太阳。"
도마뱀
Transliteration: domabaem
"따뜻한 바위 위에 도마뱀 한 마리가 앉아 있었다."
トカゲ
Transliteration: tokage
"石垣の上を小さなトカゲが走っていった。"
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