Definition of Pine lizard

1. Noun. Small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia.

Exact synonyms: Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus Undulatus
Generic synonyms: Fence Lizard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pine Lizard

pine-needle oil
pine-tar rag
pine-weed
pine away
pine cone
pine cones
pine family
pine fern
pine finch
pine green
pine grosbeak
pine hyacinth
pine knot
pine leaf aphid
pine lily
pine lizard (current term)
pine marten
pine martens
pine mouse
pine needle
pine nut
pine nuts
pine oil
pine sawyer
pine siskin
pine snake
pine spittlebug
pine tar
pine terpene
pine tree

Literary usage of Pine lizard

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

1. A Textbook in General Zoology by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"CHAPTER XXVII THE PINE-LIZARD AND ITS ALLIES : REPTILIA I only know thee humble, bold, Haughty, with miseries untold, Ainl the old curse that left thee cold ..."

2. A Guide for Laboratory and Field Work in Zoology: For Use in Connection with by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"Either the pine-lizard or the swift (Anolis), both from the southern states, may be used for this study. Living specimens may be obtained of Healers in ..."

3. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"—This lizard is also known as the "pine lizard." It is six to eight inches long, earthy brown KICJ. 175. —Alligator lizard. In the struggle for existence, ..."

4. Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study: A by Harold Brough Shinn, Gerard Alan Abbott (1912)
"The author recalls no more disagreeable experience than when one of them, a pine lizard, suddenly jumped away leaving a wriggling tail in his fingers. ..."

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