lacertid
IPA: ɫɑtʃˈɛrtɪd
noun
- Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.
- (astronomy) A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.
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Examples of "lacertid" in Sentences
- ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or constraint?’
- Ecomorphological analysis of aerial performance in a non-specialized lacertid lizard,
- Most lacertid lizards are content scurrying in and out of nooks and crannies in walls and between rocks.
- A Fine line between sex and unisexuality: The phylogenetic constraints on parthenogenesis in lacertid lizards.
- There are also painted frog Discoglossus pictus, three species of toad, two harmless species of snake and one lacertid.
- Vanhooydonck and R. van Damme, ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or restraint’, Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 2004, 974–84.
- Vanhooydonck and R. van Damme, ‘Omnivory in lacertid lizards: adaptive evolution or restraint’,Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 2004, 974–84; photo courtesy Anthony Herrel.