lacertid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.
noun
A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.
Example Sentences
- "Lacertid scalation and body forms are similar to those of the teiids, although lacertids are usually smaller."
- "Lacertids are distinguished by a section of large, flat scales on the undersides of their necks.[…]Teiids are the New World counterparts to lacertids."
- "Lacertid teeth are hollow at the base (teiid teeth are solid). Virtually all lacertids are terrestrial or rock-dwelling lizards, although a few species, including Holaspis and Takydromus, climb in vegetation, and at least one species appears to live high in trees."
- "In the same diagram a compact galaxy, 3C 371, and a Seyfert, 3C 120, lie very close to the Lacertids."
- "These reliably variable objects included three ROCOSs (OE 400, OI 090.4, and PI034-293) and two lacertids (AO 0235+164 and OJ 287)."
- "We have identified six radio sources in the Zelenchuk (RATAN-600) catalog with two quasars, two lacertids, and two pairs of galaxies."
Etymology
From translingual Lacertidae.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
lacertids (plural)
BL Lacertid (alternative)