a. and sb. [f. mod.L. Lacertili-a pl. the lizard tribe + -AN.]
A. adj. Belonging to the Lacertilia. B. sb. An animal of the order Lacertilia.
1854. Owen, in Circ. Sci. (c. 1865), II. 63/2. Lacertilian order.
1881. Nature, XXIII. 551. Its lacertilian affinities are well shown in its long and rat-like tail.
So Lacertilioid a. = prec. A.
In mod. Dicts.
