zonure

English

Etymology

From translingual Zonurus, from zon- (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”) + -urus (“-tailed”), from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Noun

zonure (plural zonures)

Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.

References

Smaug (lizard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Smaug on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Smaug on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Noun

zonure m (plural zonures)

zonure

Further reading

“zonure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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