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Goanna vs Lizard - What's the difference?

goanna | lizard |

As nouns the difference between goanna and lizard

is that goanna is any of various monitor lizards native to Australia 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.

goanna

English

(wikipedia goanna)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia.

    • Hyponyms

    * perentie

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    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}}