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Definition of glass lizard in English: glass lizardnoun A legless burrowing lizard that resembles a snake, with smooth, shiny skin and an easily detached tail, native to Eurasia, Africa, and America. Genus Ophisaurus, family Anguidae: several species Also called glass snake Example sentencesExamples - However, unlike snakes, eastern glass lizards have movable eyelids and external ear openings.
- The island glass lizard is a cryptic species and it is uncertain how widespread or common it is.
- If a predator grabs on to it, the glass lizard can break off the part of the tail the predator is holding on to.
- The glass lizards get their name from their tails, which easily break off as if they were made of glass.
- Among the interesting species introduced in these pages is a glass lizard that can break its tail into pieces that keep moving and distract a predator.
- At first glance a glass lizard may be mistaken for a snake, but they have distinct differences.
Definition of glass lizard in US English: glass lizardnoun A legless burrowing lizard that resembles a snake, with smooth, shiny skin and an easily detached tail, native to Eurasia, Africa, and America. Genus Ophisaurus, family Anguidae: several species Also called glass snake Example sentencesExamples - The glass lizards get their name from their tails, which easily break off as if they were made of glass.
- Among the interesting species introduced in these pages is a glass lizard that can break its tail into pieces that keep moving and distract a predator.
- However, unlike snakes, eastern glass lizards have movable eyelids and external ear openings.
- At first glance a glass lizard may be mistaken for a snake, but they have distinct differences.
- If a predator grabs on to it, the glass lizard can break off the part of the tail the predator is holding on to.
- The island glass lizard is a cryptic species and it is uncertain how widespread or common it is.
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