chalcidian

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chalcidian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chalcidian \Chal*cid"i*an\, n. [L. chalcis a lizard, Gr.
     chalki`s.] (Zool.)
     One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards
     (Chalcid[ae]), having four small or rudimentary legs.
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