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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

reptile, reptilian go
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

diapsid, diapsid reptile go
reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

saurian go
any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards

lizard
relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

noun.animal

14 Subcategories

gecko go
any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids
iguanid, iguanid lizard go
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands
worm lizard go
a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena
night lizard go
small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba
skink, scincid, scincid lizard go
alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales
teiid lizard, teiid go
tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
agamid, agamid lizard go
a lizard of the family Agamidae
anguid lizard go
any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas
legless lizard go
degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
Lanthanotus borneensis go
a stout-bodied pleurodont lizard of Borneo
venomous lizard go
any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards
lacertid lizard, lacertid go
Old World terrestrial lizard
chameleon, chamaeleon go
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
monitor, monitor lizard, varan go
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia