wood-slaven. a West Indian lizard of the species Mabouya.
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1725 H. SloaneVoy. Islands II. 185 I saw one of these Spiders eat a small lizard call'd a Wood-slave.
1864 N. Brit. Rev. Dec. 404 The baleful race of woodslave and slippery-back, those hideous brown and yellow lizards of the West Indies.