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girdle-tailed lizard

noun

Definition of girdle-tailed lizard

: a lizard of the family Cordylidae

— called also zonure

— see klipsalamander

History and Etymology for girdle-tailed lizard

so called from its practice of rolling its spiny tail over its soft belly as a protection when threatened

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