Lacertid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.

    "Lacertid scalation and body forms are similar to those of the teiids, although lacertids are usually smaller."

  2. 2
    A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.

    "In the same diagram a compact galaxy, 3C 371, and a Seyfert, 3C 120, lie very close to the Lacertids."

  3. 3
    Old World terrestrial lizard wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
active galactic nucleusactive galactic nucleusbl lac objectbl lacertae objectblazarlacerta

Example

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"Lacertid scalation and body forms are similar to those of the teiids, although lacertids are usually smaller."

Etymology

Etymology 1

] From translingual Lacertidae.

Etymology 2

From the name of the first discovered example, BL Lacertae.

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active galactic nucleus

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