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Definition of Chuckwalla
1. Noun. A herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico.
Definition of Chuckwalla
1. Noun. A lizard, of the genus ''(w Sauromalus)'', living in arid regions of the Southwestern United States. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chuckwalla
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chuckwalla
Literary usage of Chuckwalla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"chuckwalla storehouse Leaving the river now, with canteen filled, we are soon on
the chuckwalla road. At night we sleep on the roadside, ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"... of a few necessities and left the remainder of their assets behind to excite
the curiosity of the chuckwalla and the coyote when they, in due course, ..."
3. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"The heavy tail strikes powerful blows in defense, and by inflation the chuckwalla
wedges itself in the cracks of rocks in such a way that enemies are seldom ..."
4. Denizens of the Desert: A Book of Southwestern Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles by Edmund Carroll Jaeger (1922)
"SAUROMALUS, THE chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) THIS morning "old man chuckwalla"
came out of his winter hiding looking as wrinkled and shriveled as a withered ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"The medium-sized chuckwalla collected in 1882 by L. Belding on the island of
Espíritu Santo is Sauromalus ..."
6. Guidebook of the Western United States by Joseph Silas Diller (1915)
"The larger lizard known as the chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) may be seen here and
there, and the Indians find him as palatable as chicken. ..."
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