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galliwasp
CIDE DICTIONARY
galliwasp, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].
A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus ), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
galliwasp, n. a W. Indian lizard, Diploglossus monotropis.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.
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