lizard

Example Sentences

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Frigid temperatures in the largely subtropical state can "cold-stun" iguanas, causing them to fall off trees in what has been referred to as a "lizard blizzard."

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The ring for this match was oversized, roughly the square footage of Wyoming, providing Paul plenty of room to run, skip, backpedal, and, weirdly, flick a lizard tongue at a circling Joshua.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Johann Fischer's 1852 treatise on lizard neuroanatomy included part of the coil but omitted the remainder, and Fischer never described the curled structure.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and its namesake lizard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Hooke had shown that the louse was every bit as complicated a creature as a lizard.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton