Phrase guide

frilled lizard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A lizard of species Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and courtship display.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chlamydosaurus kingi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agamid, agamid lizard

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Australian Kriol: bleinggirriwul — lizard
  • Catalan: llangardaix de gorguera — lizard
  • Finnish: kauluslisko — lizard
  • Gamilaraay: balawagarr — lizard
  • German: Kragenechse — lizard
  • Icelandic: kragagáma — lizard
  • Japanese: エリマキトカゲ (erimakitokage) — lizard
  • Limilngan: lam — lizard
  • Russian: плащено́сная я́щерица (plaščenósnaja jáščerica) — lizard