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# lizard

«lizard» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lizard, lizards)

### meaning for a pupil

A lizard is a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long tail, such as a gecko or iguana. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The lizard is listed among the swarming creatures that are unclean, so people could not eat them or touch their dead bodies. Interpretation: Tradition treats these lists as the laws of kosher and non-kosher animals. The rabbis say they are for holiness and self-control, and no reason is given for each animal. In the primary lessons: In science, lizards are cold-blooded reptiles: they bask in the sun to warm up. Most lay eggs. Some can drop their tail to escape a predator and grow a new one. Australia has many lizards (goannas, bearded dragons, blue-tongues); geckos can climb walls. Komodo dragons are the biggest lizards. In safety, do not grab wild lizards; some bite, and reptiles can carry germs, so wash hands after touching a pet lizard. Phrases: lizard tail, a pet lizard, sunbathing like a lizard.

### examples

- and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x1)
- And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds, (Torah LEV.11.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x2)
- A lizard was sunbathing on the warm rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x3)
- The gecko is a lizard that can climb walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x4)
- The lizard dropped its tail and ran away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x5)
- Lizards are reptiles with scaly skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x6)
- My cousin has a pet bearded dragon, which is a kind of lizard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x7)
- Wash your hands after holding a lizard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x8)
- He looked like a giant lizard with legs and arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/#x9)

### note

Plural lizards. Snakes are reptiles too but have no legs; a lizard usually has legs, eyelids and ear holes. Salamanders and newts look like lizards but are amphibians with smooth wet skin.

### In the corpora

- [and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.284/)
- [Crocodiles survived the asteroid too, and they are closer relatives of birds than of lizards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/16/)
- [The Australian frilled lizard opens a huge neck frill and hisses to look bigger, then runs away on its back legs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles/17/)
- [Tarsiers are the only primates that eat only animals, catching insects, spiders and small lizards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/162-sumatra-tigers-hairy-rhinos-and-the-venomous-loris/10/)
- [Tortoises, lizards and geckos are reptiles, and reptiles cannot make their own body heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lizard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lizard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.