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Webster 1913 Edition


Stellion

Stel′lion

,
Noun.
[L.
stellio
a newt having starlike spots on its back, fr.
stella
a star.]
(Zool.)
A lizard (
Stellio vulgaris
), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also
hardim
, and
star lizard
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stellion

STELLION

,
Noun.
[L.] A newt.

Definition 2024


stellion

stellion

English

Noun

stellion (plural stellions)

  1. (zoology) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), olive-green with small stellate spots, common in the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins.

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