English Explanatory Dictionary

zonure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.

Word forms

zonure zonures

Etymology

From translingual Zonurus, from zon- (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”) + -urus (“-tailed”), from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

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