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Lizard vs Mosasaurid - What's the difference?

lizard | mosasaurid |

As nouns the difference between lizard and mosasaurid

is that lizard is any reptile of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail while mosasaurid is any member of the Mosasauroidea, an extinct superfamily of Late Cretaceous lizards including the mosasaurs and aigialosaurs.

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}}

    mosasaurid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any member of the Mosasauroidea , an extinct superfamily of Late Cretaceous lizards including the mosasaurs and aigialosaurs.