lizard's tail — ▪ plant also called water dragon (Saururus cernuus) member of the lizard s tail family (Saururaceae), found in marshy areas of eastern North America. The plant has creeping stems, or runners. Erect branches about 60 to 150 centimetres (2 to 5… … Universalium
lizard's tail — noun Date: circa 1753 a perennial herb (Saururus cernuus of the family Saururaceae) of eastern North American wetlands having spikes of tiny white flowers … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Saururaceae — noun family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia • Syn: ↑Saururaceae, ↑lizard s tail family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • … Useful english dictionary
Lizard (comics) — The Lizard Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics Fi … Wikipedia
LIZARD — (Heb. לְטָאָה), reptile included among the eight creeping things that are prohibited as food and whose dead body defiles anything with which it comes into contact (Lev. 11:30–39). Talmudic literature states that its tail moves convulsively when… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing… … Universalium
Lizard — For other uses, see Lizard (disambiguation). Lizards Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 220–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Lizard Buzzard — Taxobox name = Lizard Buzzard image caption = Lizard Buzzard in Etoscha N.P., Namibia status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Accipitriformes familia = Accipitridae genus = Kaupifalco genus… … Wikipedia