lizard

/ˈlɪz.əd/ · noun

Meaning

Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
(chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
An unctuous person.
A coward.
(rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
(in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.

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