Noun: glass lizard glãs li-zu(r)d
- Snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
"The glass lizard's tail broke off when a predator grabbed it, allowing the lizard to escape";
- glass snake, joint snake
Derived forms: glass lizards
Type of: anguid lizard
Part of: genus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus
Encyclopedia: Glass lizard