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lacertid

lacertid

English

Noun

lacertid ‎(plural lacertids)

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.

Synonyms

(lizard of family Lacertidae): lacerta, true lizard, wall lizard

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

BL Lacertid
Lacertid

Noun

lacertid ‎(plural lacertids)

(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, 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, Pages 329-688, 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.

Synonyms

(astronomical object): active galactic nucleus, blazar, BL Lac object, BL Lacertae object

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