Definition of Dragon lizard

1. Noun. The largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragon Lizard

dragomen
dragon
dragon's blood
dragon's eye
dragon's head
dragon's mouth
dragon's tail
dragon arum
dragon beam
dragon beams
dragon boat
dragon boat festival
dragon boats
dragon fruit
dragon fruits
dragon lizard (current term)
dragon sail
dragon sails
dragon tree
dragon trees
dragoness
dragonesses
dragonet
dragonets
dragonette
dragonfish
dragonflies
dragonfly
dragonfruit
dragonfruits

Literary usage of Dragon lizard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1830)
"Two species of dragon-lizard ore described by naturalists, but it is most probable that the second is merely a variety of the first (D. ..."

2. Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side. No. 1-4 by Julia McNair Wright (1896)
"We think that dragons are fierce creatures, but this "flying-dragon" lizard lives in trees and daintily feeds upon gay-colored insects, as pretty as itself. ..."

3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"Two species of dragon-lizard are described by naturalists, but it is most probable that the second is merely a variety of the first (D. ..."

4. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1841)
"Two species of dragon-lizard are described by naturalists, but it is most probable tliat the second is merely a variety of the first (D. vo/aiis), ..."

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