adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a lizard or the lizard family (Lacertidae)
Usage: technical; zoological
Examples
- The lacertine features of the fossil suggested it belonged to an ancient reptile.
- Researchers studied the lacertine characteristics of the specimen to classify it properly.
- The creature's lacertine body structure indicated it was a type of lizard.
- Lacertine scales covered the animal's skin in overlapping rows.