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Dare-devil
(n.) A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively
Devil
(n.) The Evil One
Devil
(n.) An evil spirit
Devil
(n.) A very wicked person
Devil
(n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.
Devil
(n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered
Devil
(n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
Devil
(v. t.) To make like a devil
Devil
(v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper
Devil-diver
(n.) Alt. of Devil bird
Devil bird
(n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.
Devil's darning-needle
() A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.
Dragon
(n.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.
Dragon
(n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.
Dragon
(n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon
Dragon
(n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.
Dragon
(n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt
Dragon
(n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
Dragon
(n.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
Dragon
(n.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
Dragon's blood
() Alt. of Dragon's tail
Dragon's head
() Alt. of Dragon's tail
Dragon's tail
() See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.
Lizard
(n.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia
Lizard
(n.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
Lizard
(n.) A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
Lizard's tail
() A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail
Mountain
(n.) A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land
Mountain
(n.) A range, chain, or group of such elevations
Mountain
(n.) A mountainlike mass
Mountain
(a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains
Mountain
(a.) Like a mountain
Poly-mountain
(n.) Same as Poly, n.
Poly-mountain
(n.) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe.
Poly-mountain
(n.) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe.
Rouge dragon
(n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Sea devil
() Any very large ray, especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.
Sea devil
() Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.
Sea devil
() The angler.
Sea dragon
() A dragonet, or sculpin.
Sea dragon
() The pegasus.
Thorny
(superl.) Full of thorns or spines
Thorny
(superl.) Like a thorn or thorns
Water devil
() The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.
Water lizard
() Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

thorny devil; thorny dragon; thorny lizard; mountain devil Bedeutung

mountain climbing
mountaineering
the activity of climbing a mountain
apache devil dance a ritual dance of the Apache
the devil something difficult or awkward to do or deal with, it will be the devil to solve
diabolatry
demonolatry
devil-worship
the acts or rites of worshiping devils
Kennesaw Mountain battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
devil ray
Mobula hypostoma
small manta (to feet) that travels in schools
thorny skate
Raja radiata
cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back, toinches
Rocky Mountain jay
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis
a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona
lizard relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
iguanid
iguanid lizard
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands, typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
zebra-tailed lizard
gridiron-tailed lizard
Callisaurus draconoides
swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico
fringe-toed lizard
Uma notata
with long pointed scales around toes, of deserts of United States and Mexico
earless lizard any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico
collared lizard any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands, of central and western United States and northern Mexico
leopard lizard any of several large lizards with many dark spots, of western United States and northern Mexico
spiny lizard any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales, of North America and Central America
fence lizard spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
western fence lizard
swift blue-belly
Sceloporus occidentalis
common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks
eastern fence lizard
pine lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
sagebrush lizard
Sceloporus graciosus
a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes, of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
side-blotched lizard
sand lizard Uta stansburiana
one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
tree lizard
Urosaurus ornatus
a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
horned lizard
horned toad horny frog
insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body, of western North America
Texas horned lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum
of arid and semiarid open country
worm lizard a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena, harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
night lizard small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba, bear live young
skink
scincid
scincid lizard
alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales, more dependent on moisture than most lizards, found in tropical regions worldwide
mountain skink
Eumeces callicephalus
frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico
teiid lizard
teiid
tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
whiptail
whiptail lizard
any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
caiman lizard crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels
agamid
agamid lizard
a lizard of the family Agamidae
frilled lizard
Chlamydosaurus kingi
large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
dragon flying dragon
flying lizard
any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
mountain devil
spiny lizard Moloch horridus
desert lizard that feeds on ants
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 insects
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
legless lizard degenerate wormlike burrowing lizard of California closely related to alligator lizards
venomous lizard any of two or three large heavy-bodied lizards, only known venomous lizards
beaded lizard
Mexican beaded lizard
Heloderma horridum
lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales, of western Mexico
lacertid lizard
lacertid
Old World terrestrial lizard
sand lizard Lacerta agilis a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
green lizard
Lacerta viridis
a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long
monitor
monitor lizard
varan
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia, fabled to warn of crocodiles
Komodo dragon
Komodo lizard
dragon lizard
giant lizard
Varanus komodoensis
the largest lizard in the world ( feet), found on Indonesian islands
apatosaur
apatosaurus
brontosaur
brontosaurus
thunder lizard
Apatosaurus excelsus
huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic
black rat snake
blacksnake pilot blacksnake
mountain blacksnake
Elaphe obsoleta
large harmless shiny black North American snake
mountain quail
mountain partridge
Oreortyx picta palmeri
California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail
Tasmanian devil
ursine dasyure
Sarcophilus hariisi
small ferocious carnivorous marsupial having a mostly black coat and long tail
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