† cordyln.
Obsolete.
An old book-name of the water-newt, or some allied animal; in later use applied to a genus of lizards ( Cordylus).
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Cordylidae > member of (snake)
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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 126 Of the Cordyll... I finde some difference about the nature of this lyuing creature..whether it bee a Serpent or a Fishe.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 149 The Cordyle, the Tockay, the Tejuguacu.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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