blue-tongued lizard

[ bloo-tuhngd ]

noun

1. a large Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, characterized by having a cobalt-blue tongue.

Example Sentences

The 64th running of the race included close encounters with a wallaby and a blue-tongued lizard before a wild echidna entered the track during lap 105.

From Seattle Times

An X-ray of her luggage reportedly revealed 17 shingleback lizards and two blue-tongued lizard tightly packed into mesh packages.

From Fox News

The natives brought us a few pieces of fish and turtle, but both were almost rotten; they also gave us a blue-tongued lizard, which I opened and took out eleven young ones, which we roasted and ate.

From Project Gutenberg