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Definition of Giant lizard

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

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Literary usage of Giant lizard

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

1. Catalogue of the Cretaceous Fossils in the Brighton Museum by Henry Willett (1871)
"... Brighton Sp. foss. smooth-toothed giant lizard ; type tooth of order. ... Norwich Sp. foss. smooth-toothed giant lizard ; teeth. WINGED LIZARDS. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"MEGALOSAURUS (Greek, giant lizard); an extinct species of lizard, of an enormous size, which, according to Cuvier (Jie- ..."

3. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1896)
"In Fiji he lived in a cave, and when he was driven thence by incantations the giant lizard which he kept in a cage as a plaything remained behind till it ..."

4. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"... truth is that some half fear of a giant lizard had gotten hold of us. So, as it was the lizard that scared us, we decided to stay in the lizard temple. ..."

5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"'Because of its yellowish white color, this giant lizard is very conspicuous on the rocks oí San ..."

6. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"MEGALOSAURUS (Greek, giant lizard); an extinct species of lizard, of an enormous size, which, according to Cuvier (Re- cherches sur les ..."

7. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1894)
"But we had heard rumours of a giant lizard, a yard long, which was found on one rock to the west of Hierro. We had not given much credence to the report, ..."

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