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frilled lizard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
frilled lizard
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lizard of species Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and courtship display.

Inflected Forms

frilled lizards (plural)

Synonyms

frilled agama frilled dragon frilled-neck lizard frill-necked lizard frilly lizard chlamydosaurus kingi

Questions

What does frilled lizard mean?
A lizard of species Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and courtship display.

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