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Cayman vs Lizard - What's the difference?

cayman | lizard |

As nouns the difference between cayman and lizard

is that cayman is while lizard is any reptile of the order squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.

cayman

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1862 , The Quiver , Volumes 1-6, page 451,
    • We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans ,' and spurred his horse into the stream.
  • * 1996 , Dale Alan Olsen (editor), Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest , page 326,
    • Surely, when this animal comes, it is to eat us. Thus, we have to sing this hoa. This is how I learned this hoa for caymans'. One sings this so he won't be eaten by the ' caymans .
  • * 2002 , Harry S. Pariser, Explore Puerto Rico , page 157,
    • Laguna Tortuguero' has some 2,000 ''caimanes'' (' caymans ), a type of alligator indigenous to Central and S America.

    lizard

    English

    (wikipedia lizard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any reptile of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
  • (chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
  • * 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
    • Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
  • (colloquial) An unctuous person.
  • (colloquial) A coward.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, lang=en , legless lizard , lizard fish , lizard-skin , lizard snake , lizard stone , lounge lizard , sleeping lizard , stump-tailed lizard , true lizard , wall lizard , worm lizard}}