flying lizard

noun

1. flying dragon.

flying lizard

noun

1. any lizard of the genus Draco , of S and SE Asia, having an extensible fold of skin on each side of the body, used to make gliding leaps: family Agamidae (agamas)

Word History and Origins

Origin of flying lizard¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Once a flying lizard swooped over their boat but it changed its mind and went on to attack something else.

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The extinct echindul had been a sort of flying lizard that had nested in the mysterious, almost inaccessible Red Lava Range.

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It is a most extraordinary animal, and is a species of flying lizard, although differing from the lizard in many respects.

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I knocked the wrench down, and the flying lizard got away, after all.

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You dont by any possible chance mean a flying lizard, do you?

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