fringe-toed lizard

[ frinj-tohd ]

/ ˈfrɪndʒˌtoʊd /

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noun

an iguanid lizard, Uma notata, of sandy deserts of the western U.S. and Mexico, having a wedge-shaped snout and toes fringed with long, pointed scales.

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How to use fringe-toed lizard in a sentence

Another set of hackers that goes by the name the Lizard Squad told the Washington Post that they helped with the Sony hack.
U.S. Spies Say They Tracked ‘Sony Hackers’ For Years|Shane Harris|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is a lot of residual concern that Lizard Squad was able to get even this far.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the Lizard Squad was able to get one thing done: Piss off Anonymous, the best known of the hacktivist collectives.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It almost makes you wonder if Lizard Squad did this just to annoy Anonymous and the other earnest champions of privacy.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
The crowd disposed itself on the fringe of the sward, and the duellists went forward, and set about the preparations.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The walls were covered with silk and velvet hangings, ornamented with gold fringe, while rich carpets were spread underfoot.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
The late Caleb Whitefoord, seeing a lady knotting fringe for a petticoat, asked her, what she was doing?
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He was not a man to dodge trouble that might bring profit dangling to the fringe of her skirt.
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