dragon lizard

noun

1. Komodo dragon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dragon lizard¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Scientists identified an elusive nose-horned dragon lizard in the forests of North Sumatra.

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For Christmas this year, my family adopted a young bearded dragon lizard as a pet.

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With them were Buster, the family beagle and blue-nosed pit bull mix, and Twig, her son’s bearded dragon lizard.

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To date, they have treated 17 dogs — and one bearded dragon lizard missing part of its lower jaw because of an old fracture — with the compound.

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