Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spiny_lizard

2 senses of spiny lizard

Sense 1
mountain devil, spiny lizard, Moloch horridus -- (desert lizard that feeds on ants)
       => moloch -- (any lizard of the genus Moloch)

Sense 2
spiny lizard -- (any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America)
       => 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)