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Definition of Night lizard
1. Noun. Small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young.
Definition of Night lizard
1. Noun. Any of the family Xantusiidae of very small, viviparous lizards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Lizard
Literary usage of Night lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1870)
"Note on a new Night-Lizard (Phelsuma grandis) from Madagascar. By Dr. JE GRAY, FK8.
Dark olive; chin and below white ; a broad streak from the nostrils to ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"Handsome youth by night, lizard by day. 24. Princess a raven except for one hour
each night (Armenian). 23. ..."
3. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"I have seen the latter at Santa Catalina and others at San Miguel, Santa Rosa,
and Santa Cruz. The island night lizard ..."
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