eastern fence lizard
- noun
- /ˈiːstərn fɛns ˈlɪzərd/
- Specialized
:
lagarto de la cerca del este
- We spotted an eastern fence lizard sunning itself on a wooden rail.
Examples
-
Children watched as the eastern fence lizard darted across the garden wall.
-
The eastern fence lizard is commonly found in forests and rocky outcrops.
-
Look at that eastern fence lizard!
-
The eastern fence lizard is climbing.
-
Children watched as the eastern fence lizard darted across the garden wall.
-
We spotted an eastern fence lizard sunning itself on a wooden rail.
-
The eastern fence lizard is commonly found in forests and rocky outcrops.
Synonyms
A small active lizard found in the eastern United States and southern Canada that sits in the sun
A small animal with scaly skin and a long tail that sits on fences or rocks in the US
A group of spiny lizards from North and Central America with rough scales
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'eastern' (from the east) + 'fence' (a fence or found on fences) + 'lizard' (the reptile); together they denote a lizard associated with fences in the eastern region. This is a literal, compositional noun phrase following normal English modifier+noun patterns and is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The noun eastern fence lizard is the name for a small lizard often seen sunning itself on wooden fences and rails in the eastern United States and nearby Canada. So the name simply describes where this type of lizard lives and what it does.
