frilled lizard in English

noun
1
a large northern Australian lizard with a membrane around the neck that can be erected to form a ruff for defensive display. When disturbed, it runs away on its hind legs.
Frilled lizards , owls, cockatoos, and parrots lived in cages around him.

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1. Agamidae definition is - a widely distributed family of Old World lizards related to the New World iguanas but distinguished by acrodont dentition and including arboreal, terrestrial, and semiaquatic forms most of which are insectivorous (as the frilled lizard, the flying dragon, and the Australian moloch).

2. Agamid: 1 n a lizard of the family Agamidae Synonyms: Agamid lizard Types: show 5 types hide 5 types agama small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World Chlamydosaurus kingi , frilled lizard large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck dragon , flying dragon , flying lizard any of several