lizardlike
Resembling a gecko
Resembling a lizard in appearance, movement, or manner.
The word typically evokes cold-blooded stillness, scaly skin, or darting, reptilian motion: lizardlike eyes watched from the shadows, He sat motionless with lizardlike patience.
Sometimes suggests an unsettling or inhuman quality.
Lizard or lizard-like
- geckoClimbing lizard with toe pads
- iguanaLarge crested American lizard
- chameleonLizard altering its pigmentation
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
skink · anole · basilisk · newt · salamander · dragon · crocodilian · serpentine
Moving on hands, knees
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
- skitteringMoving with quick, light steps
creeping · basking · clinging · scrambling · flicking · burrowing · climbing · perching
Temperature set by surroundings
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- baskingWarming oneself pleasantly
- sunningExposing oneself to warmth
- thermoregulationMaintaining stable internal heat
torpor · metabolism · diurnal · nocturnal · regeneration · heat-seeking · acclimatization
Lizard altering its pigmentation
- color-changingAble to shift hue
- crypticObscure in meaning
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- concealmentAct of hiding something
disguise · mimicry · camouflaged · mottled · patterned · dappled · adaptation · stealth
saurian
Lizard or lizard-like
- geckoClimbing lizard with toe pads
- iguanaLarge crested American lizard
- chameleonLizard altering its pigmentation
monitor · skink · anole · basilisk · newt · salamander · dragon · crocodilian · serpentine · dinosaur
crawling
Moving on hands, knees
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
- dartingMoving suddenly, swiftly
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
skittering · creeping · basking · clinging · scrambling · flicking · burrowing · climbing · perching · swift
ectothermic
Temperature set by surroundings
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- baskingWarming oneself pleasantly
- sunningExposing oneself to warmth
thermoregulation · torpor · metabolism · diurnal · nocturnal · regeneration · heat-seeking · acclimatization
chameleon
Lizard altering its pigmentation
- color-changingAble to shift hue
- crypticObscure in meaning
- blendingCombining into uniformity
concealment · disguise · mimicry · camouflaged · mottled · patterned · dappled · adaptation · stealth · ambush
scales
Plates or weighing devices
rough · dry · textured · armored · plated · bumpy · leathery · ridged · pebbled · overlapping
lizardlikewarm-blooded
Internally temperature-regulated
mammalian · birdlike · endothermic · cuddly · warm