• (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.
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Gal'li·wasp` noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zoology) A West Indian lizard (
Celestus occiduus ), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.
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The galliwasp (Diploglossus), is a genus of lizard of the family Anguidae, about 30cm long and stout and plump. It is generally brown in colour and is native to the West Indies and was particularly common in Jamaica during the 19th century.
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