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frill-necked lizard

noun

  1. Also called: frilled lizarda large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi , having an erectile fold of skin around the neck: 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


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The expression on his face is like he’s showing me a frill-necked lizard or a leafy seadragon, not a plain old hunk of nothing.

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The film credits read like a register of Australian acting greats: Roxburgh is joined by Deborah Mailman as Blinky’s mum, David Wenham plays Jacko the wacky frill-necked lizard, Toni Collette has a lot of fun voice acting emus Cheryl and Beryl, Barry Humphries is Wombo the imaginative Wombat and Robin McLeavy plays Blinky’s new friend Nutsy.

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Among the ‘climber’ group, the Frill-necked lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii had lower outer curvature than expected.

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