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Noun: spiny lizard
  1. Desert lizard that feeds on ants
    - mountain devil, Moloch horridus
     
  2. Any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America

Derived forms: spiny lizards

Type of: iguanid, iguanid lizard, moloch

Part of: genus Moloch, genus Sceloporus, Sceloporus

Encyclopedia: Spiny lizard