'sleeping lizard' definitions:

Definition of 'sleeping lizard'

From: GCIDE
  • Stump-tailed \Stump"-tailed`\, a. Having a short, thick tail. [1913 Webster]
  • Stump-tailed lizard (Zool.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also {sleeping lizard}. [1913 Webster]