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Lizard vs Toad - What's the difference?

lizard | toad |

As a noun lizard

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

As a verb toad is

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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}}

    toad

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amphibian similar to a frog with shorter back legs and a drier, more ragged skin.
  • A very unpleasant man.

    • Derived terms

    * cane toad * frog and toad * toadfish * toad-in-the-hole * toadlike * toadstool * toady

    See also

    * amphibian * frog * frosh/frosk * * tadpole

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