| NOUN | animal | anguid lizard | any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas |
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| Meaning | Any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects. | |
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| Member of | Anguidae, family Anguidae | alligator lizards |
| Narrower | alligator lizard | slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion |
| blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis | small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes | |
| glass lizard, glass snake, joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail | |
| Broader | lizard | relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail |
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