wall lizard

British

noun

a small mottled grey lizard, Lacerta muralis, of Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia: family Lacertidae

"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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

wall lizard

Researchers point to an unexpected cause: a bold green, highly aggressive, and dominant wall lizard that has rapidly eliminated several color forms within its own species.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

One common reptile called the wall lizard uses a particularly clever tactic to sniff out fights it can win—literally.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023

Some reptiles, such as the Italian wall lizard, also can learn from other species.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

Then I was dumb enough to try the bite of a wall lizard that Gerry had caught to feed to his pit vipers.

From Free from School by Rahul Alvares

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023