A legless burrowing lizard that resembles a snake, with smooth, shiny skin and an easily detached tail, native to Eurasia, Africa, and America.
脆蛇蜥。亦称GLASS SNAKE
Genus Ophisaurus, family Anguidae: several species
Also called glass snake
Example sentencesExamples
However, unlike snakes, eastern glass lizards have movable eyelids and external ear openings.
The island glass lizard is a cryptic species and it is uncertain how widespread or common it is.
If a predator grabs on to it, the glass lizard can break off the part of the tail the predator is holding on to.
The glass lizards get their name from their tails, which easily break off as if they were made of glass.
Among the interesting species introduced in these pages is a glass lizard that can break its tail into pieces that keep moving and distract a predator.
At first glance a glass lizard may be mistaken for a snake, but they have distinct differences.
Definition of glass lizard in US English:
glass lizard
noun
A legless burrowing lizard that resembles a snake, with smooth, shiny skin and an easily detached tail, native to Eurasia, Africa, and America.
脆蛇蜥。亦称GLASS SNAKE
Genus Ophisaurus, family Anguidae: several species
Also called glass snake
Example sentencesExamples
The glass lizards get their name from their tails, which easily break off as if they were made of glass.
Among the interesting species introduced in these pages is a glass lizard that can break its tail into pieces that keep moving and distract a predator.
However, unlike snakes, eastern glass lizards have movable eyelids and external ear openings.
At first glance a glass lizard may be mistaken for a snake, but they have distinct differences.
If a predator grabs on to it, the glass lizard can break off the part of the tail the predator is holding on to.
The island glass lizard is a cryptic species and it is uncertain how widespread or common it is.