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lizardfolk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɪz.əd.fəʊk/ (UK)
  • /ˈlɪz.ɚd.foʊk/ (US)

Etymology

From lizard + folk.

Meanings

  1. A type of intelligent anthropomorphic creature akin to (or created from) lizards; lizardman.
    • Our friend here is a lizardfolk. 2013, Tim Rose, The Forging, Author House, →ISBN:
    • Shara's blade cut the creature's flank, then the demon leaped over the terrified lizardfolk and vanished in a rising cloud of mist. “Quarhaun!” Shara called. “Bring Kssansk to look at this!” 2011, James Wyatt, Oath of Vigilance: A Dungeons & Dragons Novel, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:
    • The guard beasts were intended to keep the dangers of the jungle out of Emath—the tribes of scaly lizardfolk... 1988, David Drake, The Sea Hag, Baen Books, →ISBN:
    • Lizardfolk druids are easier to integrate with the average game than are their centaur counterparts — it nothing else, it's easier to take a lizardfolk than a centaur into a dungeon. 2002, David Eckelberry, Mike Selinker, Masters of the Wild, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:
    • “These are the lizardfolk!” They did not look like lizards, but Temur, too, had heard of the tribes to the west who rode under the banners of dragons and wore their hide as armor. 2012, Elizabeth Bear, Range of Ghosts, Macmillan, →ISBN:
    • Several groups of dead sand lizardfolk were scattered across their path. Sand lizardfolk, or salamanders, were the desert cousins to the normal lizardman or lizardfolk. 2011, Dallas S. Paskell, Medieval: The Book of Loss, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 260:
    • When a lizardfolk chooses this ability, he can detect opponents within 10 feet (double that if the scent is upwind, one-half if downwind) and may take a move action to determine the direction of a scent. 2003, Dawnforge: Crucible of Legend, Diamond Comic Distributors, →ISBN:

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Translations (2)

es hombre lagarto (Translations) · ca home llangardaix (Translations)