| 单词 | safeguard lizard |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafeguard lizard 11. Any of several tegus (large South American lizards of the genus Tupinambis and other genera of the family Teiidae), which are said to give warning of the approach of alligators. More fully safeguard lizard. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Varanidae or genus Varanus > member of (monitor) guana1697 worrala1701 monitory lizard1790 monitor1802 goanna1831 safeguard1831 sauvegarde1840 varanian1841 varan1843 water lizard1865 monitor lizard1869 varanid1896 varanus1934 1831 D. Craigie Elements Anat. 160 The American safeguard. 1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. I. v. 388 In the Scincoids, the Safeguards (Tejus), in most Iguanians, in the Chameleons and many Lacertian reptiles, the tooth is anchylosed. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. III. 432 In some localities it [sc. the common tegu] is called the safeguard-lizard. 1905 F. E. Beddard Nat. Hist. Zool. Gardens viii. 240 The Teguexins or Tupinambis are a group of lizards..all confined to America... The name of ‘safeguard’ has been applied to these lizards, on the supposition that like the monitors they will warn of the proximity of a crocodile. < as lemmas |
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