| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | liz·ard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l z  rd |
| NOUN: | 1. Any of numerous reptiles of the suborder Sauria or Lacertilia, characteristically having a scaly elongated body, movable eyelids, four legs, and a tapering tail. 2. Leather made from the skin of one of these reptiles. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French lesarde, from Latin lacertus, lacerta.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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