lacertid

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Etymology 1

A lacertid, Lacerta agilis
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From translingual Lacertidae.

Noun

lacertid (plural lacertids)

  1. Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.
    • 1993, George R. Zug, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles, page 427:
      Lacertid scalation and body forms are similar to those of the teiids, although lacertids are usually smaller.
    • 2004, Daniel A. Greenberg, Lizards, page 33:
      Lacertids are distinguished by a section of large, flat scales on the undersides of their necks. […] Teiids are the New World counterparts to lacertids.
    • 2006, Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity, page 206:
      Lacertid teeth are hollow at the base (teiid teeth are solid). Virtually all lacertids are terrestrial or rock-dwelling lizards, although a few species, including Holaspis and Takydromus, climb in vegetation, and at least one species appears to live high in trees.
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Etymology 2

From the name of the first discovered example, BL Lacertae.

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Noun

lacertid (plural lacertids)

  1. (astronomy) A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.
    • 1975 July 10, “Quasars and Lacertids show a family likeness”, in New Scientist, page 61:
      In the same diagram a compact galaxy, 3C 371, and a Seyfert, 3C 120, lie very close to the Lacertids.
    • 1990, Bulletin of the Special Astrophysical Observatory-North Caucasus, volumes 24-26, page 67:
      These reliably variable objects included three ROCOSs (OE 400, OI 090.4, and PI034-293) and two lacertids (AO 0235+164 and OJ 287).
    • 1993, Astronomy Reports, volume 37, American Institute of Physics, page 466:
      We have identified six radio sources in the Zelenchuk (RATAN-600) catalog with two quasars, two lacertids, and two pairs of galaxies.
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