spiny lizard

1. 1.

   desert lizard that feeds on ants

   Synonymsmountain devilMoloch horridus

   Broadermoloch

   Part ofgenus Moloch
2. 2.

   any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America

   Broaderiguanid

   Narrowerfence lizardsagebrush lizard

   Part ofSceloporus

Questions about spiny lizard

What does spiny lizard mean?

spiny lizard means "desert lizard that feeds on ants". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spiny lizard?

Close synonyms include mountain devil, Moloch horridus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spiny lizard a common word?

spiny lizard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.