Lacerta

See also: lacerta

Translingual

Lacerta agilis

Etymology

Latin lacerta (“a lizard”)

Proper noun

Lacerta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – some lizards, including the rock lizards.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Lacertidae – family; Lacertinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lacerta agilis - type species; Lacerta anatolica, Lacerta bedriagae, Lacerta bilineata, Lacerta brandtii, Lacerta cappadocica, Lacerta chlorogaster, Lacerta cyanisparsa, Lacerta danfordi, Lacerta defilippii, Lacerta dryada, Lacerta dugesii, Lacerta graeca, Lacerta kulzeri, Lacerta laevis, Lacerta media, Lacerta mosorensis, Lacerta mostoufii, Lacerta oertzeni, Lacerta oxycephala, Lacerta pamphylica, Lacerta parva, Lacerta schreiberi, Lacerta steineri, Lacerta strigata, Lacerta trilineata, Lacerta viridis, Lacerta vivipara, Lacerta yassujica, Lacerta zagrosica - other species
  • Lacerta aurata, Lacerta caudiverbera, Lacerta principalis (species, placement uncertain or disputed)
  • Lacerta goliath, Lacerta maxima, Lacerta siculimelitensis (extinct species)

Derived terms

• Australolacerta
• Iberolacerta
• Parvilacerta
• Congolacerta
• Anatololacerta
• Archaeolacerta
• Atlantolacerta
• Dalmatolacerta
• Dinarolacerta
• Hellenolacerta
• Iranolacerta
• Phoenicolacerta
• Vhembelacerta

References

• Lacerta (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lacerta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lacerta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin lacerta (“a lizard”)

Proper noun

Lacerta

1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lizard. It lies between the constellations of Cygnus and Andromeda.

Derived terms

• Lacertae

Translations

a constellation

• Finnish: Sisilisko (fi)
• French: Lézard (fr) m
• Galician: Lagarto (gl)
• German: Eidechse (de) f
• Irish: an Laghairt f
• Malay: Cicak
• Polish: Jaszczurka (pl) f
• Russian: Я́щерица (ru) f (Jáščerica)
• Spanish: Lacerta

Anagrams

• Talacre, ceratal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /laˈθeɾta/ [laˈθeɾ.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /laˈseɾta/ [laˈseɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eɾta
• Syllabification: La‧cer‧ta

Proper noun

Lacerta ?

1. (astronomy) Lacerta