Lacerta
See also: lacerta
Translingual
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Lacerta agilis
Etymology
Latin lacerta (“a lizard”)
Proper noun
Lacerta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – some lizards, including the rock lizards.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass; Scincoidea - order; Lacertidae - family; Lacertinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lacerta agilis, Lacerta anatolica, Lacerta bedriagae, Lacerta bilineata, Lacerta brandtii, Lacerta cappadocica, Lacerta chlorogaster, Lacerta cyanisparsa, Lacerta danfordi, Lacerta defilippii, Lacerta dryada, Lacerta dugesii, Lacerta graeca, Lacerta kulzeri, Lacerta laevis, Lacerta media, Lacerta mosorensis, Lacerta mostoufii, Lacerta oertzeni, Lacerta oxycephala, Lacerta pamphylica, Lacerta parva, Lacerta schreiberi, Lacerta steineri, Lacerta strigata, Lacerta trilineata, Lacerta viridis, Lacerta vivipara, Lacerta yassujica, Lacerta zagrosica (species)
- Lacerta aurata, Lacerta caudiverbera, Lacerta principalis (species, placement uncertain or disputed)
- Lacerta goliath, Lacerta maxima, Lacerta siculimelitensis (extinct species)
Derived terms
- Australolacerta
- Iberolacerta
- Parvilacerta
- Congolacerta
- Anatololacerta
- Archaeolacerta
- Atlantolacerta
- Dalmatolacerta
- Dinarolacerta
- Hellenolacerta
- Iranolacerta
- Phoenicolacerta
- Vhembelacerta
References
English
Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin lacerta (“a lizard”)
Proper noun
Lacerta
- (astronomy) An inconspicuous autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lizard. It lies between the constellations of Cygnus and Andromeda.
Derived terms
- Lacertae
Translations
a constellation
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Anagrams
- ceratal
Spanish
Proper noun
Lacerta ?
- (astronomy) Lacerta