Meaning of lacertid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.
2. A type of blazar (highly variable active galactic nucleus) that lacks spectral emission lines characteristic of quasars.

Examples

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

“Lacertids are distinguished by a section of large, flat scales on the undersides of their necks.[…]Teiids are the New World counterparts to lacertids.”

“Lacertid teeth are hollow at the base (teiid teeth are solid). Virtually all lacertids are terrestrial or rock-dwelling lizards, although a few species, including Holaspis and Takydromus, climb in vegetation, and at least one species appears to live high in trees.”

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

“These reliably variable objects included three ROCOSs (OE 400, OI 090.4, and PI034-293) and two lacertids (AO 0235+164 and OJ 287).”

“We have identified six radio sources in the Zelenchuk (RATAN-600) catalog with two quasars, two lacertids, and two pairs of galaxies.”

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