zebra-tailed lizard

[ zee-bruh-teyld; British also zeb-ruh- ]

/ ˈzi brəˌteɪld; British also ˈzɛb rə- /

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noun

a lizard, Callisaurus draconoides, inhabiting sandy deserts of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., having a long tail marked with black bands.

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Also called gridiron-tailed lizard.

Words nearby zebra-tailed lizard

zebra label, zebra mussel, zebra plant, zebrass, zebra swallowtail, zebra-tailed lizard, zebrawood, zebroid, zebrula, zebu, Zebulon

How to use zebra-tailed 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
The woman reminds one of a red lizard—a salamander—her “svelte” body seemingly boneless in its gown of clinging scales.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Respecting this remarkable Lizard, Mr. Cunningham's journal contains the following remarks.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
In an occasional horse the long-lost stripes of the zebra-like ancestor reappear.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
Was it some one who had watched the swift, sure-footed spring of a bushy-tailed squirrel from branch to branch?
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
I should have been in her fond embrace—now I shared the company of the rat, the lizard, and the scorpion.
Confessions of a Thug|Philip Meadows Taylor