stellion

English

Etymology

From Latin stellio (“a newt with starlike spots on its back”), from stella (“star”).

Noun

stellion (plural stellions)

  1. A lizard (Laudakia stellio or Stellagama stellio), olive-green with small stellate spots, common in the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stellion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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