alligator lizard

1. 1.

   slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America

   Broaderanguid lizard

   Part ofGerrhonotus

Questions about alligator lizard

What does alligator lizard mean?

alligator lizard means "slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America".

Is alligator lizard a common word?

alligator lizard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.