fly′ing drag′on

n. any arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between elongated ribs for long, gliding leaps. Also called flying lizard. [1885–90]

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flying dragon - any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the bodyflying lizard, dragonagamid, agamid lizard - a lizard of the family Agamidaegenus Draco, Draco - a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards

flying dragon

flying dragon,

gliding lizard of the genus Draco, found in tropical forests of SE Asia. There are about 15 species. Most are about 8 in. (20 cm) long. On either side of the lizard's body are thin, winglike folds of skin supported by five to seven ribs that extend from the body. With its "wings" extended the lizard is capable of gliding for distances of up to 30 ft (9 m). The wings are often brightly colored, sometimes with stripes or spots, but when they are folded the body, greenish with a pale yellow belly, blends with the foliage. Flying dragons have slender legs, tapering tails, and brilliantly colored throat sacs, typically blue in the female and yellow-orange with a blue spot in the male. They live in trees, rarely descending to the ground, and feed on arboreal ants. They are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Agamidae.

flying dragon

flying dragon

fly′ing drag′on

flying dragon

flying dragon,

flying dragon

Synonyms for flying dragon

noun any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body

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