lacertid

IPA: ɫɑtʃˈɛrtɪd

Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.
(astronomy) A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.

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.