leopard lizard

leopard lizard
noun
any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico
Hypernyms: ↑iguanid, ↑iguanid lizard
Member Holonyms: ↑Gambelia, ↑genus Gambelia

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noun
: a large blotched and barred iguanid lizard (Crotaphytus wislizenii syn. Gambelia wislizenii) of Mexico and the western United States

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any long-tailed lizard of the genus Gambelia, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having the body marked with spots and bars of dark or light brown or black.

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