| 单词 | racehorse lizard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasracehorse lizard b. Australian. Any of various swift-running Australian lizards; esp. (in full racehorse lizard) the small ring-tailed dragon, Ctenophorus (formerly Amphibolurus) caudicinctus, and (in full racehorse goanna) any of several large monitor lizards (genus Varanus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Agamidae (dragon lizards) > member of genus Amphibolurus (racehorse lizard) Jew lizard1833 grammatophore1845 bloodsucker1852 racehorse lizard1923 1923 A. G. Bolam Trans-Austral. Wonderland 36 The race-horse or bicycle lizard..runs at an incredible speed (hence it receives the name of ‘the Racehorse’). 1962 B. W. Leake Eastern Wheatbelt Wildlife 100 The lace goanna—generally called racehorse goanna is well distributed through the Eastern Wheatbelt..growing up to four feet long. 1978 O. White Silent Reach iv. 50 The little racehorse lizards skittering away through the spinifex with their tails up. 1984 W. W. Ammon et al. Working Lives 250 A two-metre long bungarra had made his home under our cottage... This giant lizard (or race-horse goanna in popular parlance) was quite harmless. < as lemmas |
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