| Noun | 1. | anguid lizard - any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insectslizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail alligator lizard - slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America glass lizard, glass snake, joint snake - snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail | |