| 单词 | water lizard |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater lizard water lizard n. (originally) any of various lizards or lizard-like animals living in or near water, esp. a newt (family Salamandridae) (now rare); (in later use) spec. a monitor lizard (family Varanidae), esp. one that is a strong swimmer (cf. water monitor n.). [Compare German †Wassereidechse newt (1587 as wassereidex ; in later use also ‘monitor lizard’); compare slightly earlier water-eft n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > newt > aquatic water-eft1605 cordyl1608 water lizard1608 water newt1667 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 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 212 (heading) Of the Nevte or Water Lizard. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. 1318 The Iacare Lizards are of a notable greatnesse. [margin] Water Lizards. Iacare (or Crocodile). 1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents i. 93 Newts (or Water-lizards) Frogs, Snails, and such icy Animals, will endure the Fire for a longer time than others will. 1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. July 312 The Water-lizards (Varanidæ) are also a well-marked feature in Indian Herpetology. 1911 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 20 96 Being away from home..and no one else looking after the aquarium, I found upon my return that my water lizards had changed back to the land form. 1928 C. W. Gilmore Fossil Lizards N. Amer. (National Acad. Sci.) 52 Varanus prasinus is supposed to be arboreal; others, as V. salvator and V. niloticus,..are excellent swimmers and deserve the name of water lizards. 2004 E. R. Pianka et al. Varanoid Lizards of World vi. 239 The remaining individual tolerated four sail-tailed water lizards..(Hydrosaurus amboinensis) without attacking them as prey. < as lemmas |
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