legless lizard

legless lizard

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Noun

legless lizard (plural legless lizards)

1. Any of the several groups of lizards of the family Pygopodidae which have lost limbs or reduced them to the point of uselessness.
2. Any lizard that does not have limbs.

Translations

Pygopodidae lizard

Chinese: Mandarin: 無肢蜥／无肢蜥 (wúzhīxī) Danish: please add this translation if you can Estonian: pärajalglane Finnish: eväjalkalisko Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: чешуено́г (ru) m (češujenóg)

any lizard that does not have limbs

Chinese: Mandarin: 無肢蜥／无肢蜥 (wúzhīxī) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: jalaton lisko Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: безно́гая я́щерица f (beznógaja jáščerica)

See also

• worm lizard