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flying lizard

American  

flying lizard British  

noun

  1. any lizard of the genus Draco , of S and SE Asia, having an extensible fold of skin on each side of the body, used to make gliding leaps: family Agamidae (agamas)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of flying lizard

First recorded in 1850–55


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Flying dragons glide through the treetops using their colorful patagia, wing-like structures supported by their ribs, says Jim McGuire a flying lizard specialist at the University of California at Berkeley.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 7, 2024

Like the modern flying lizard Draco from southeast Asia, they most likely wandered about on the ground and climbed trees in search of insect prey.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024

The little flying lizard probably used its three-fingered hands to hunt and climb.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 10, 2021

This, in turn, puts the onus on Dany to prove her might without the firepower of a flying lizard to back her up.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2019

And I was a flying lizard and this was a coal tree.

From Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins

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