a. [f. L. lacert-a lizard + -INE1.]

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  1.  = LACERTIAN.

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1839–47.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 910/2. The Lacertine Sauria are possessed of an inverted intromittent organ.

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1863.  Reader, 31 Oct., 502. The lacertine tail curves round again to the level of the forehead.

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1882.  Academy, No. 509. 75. The ornament consists chiefly of serpentine and lacertine creatures interlaced.

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  2.  Of ornament: Consisting of intertwined lizard-like figures.

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1863.  Sat. Rev., 448. A lacertine open-work ornament, terminating in a monster’s head.

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1886.  Quaritch’s Catal. MSS. 3428. Painted in interlacing or lacertine patterns.

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