Sand-Lizard

SAND-LIZARD sand'-liz-ard. (chomeT; Septuagint saura, "lizard"; the King James Version snail):

ChomeT is 7th in the list of unclean "creeping things" in Leviticus 11:29,30, and occurs nowhere else. It is probably a skink or some species of Lacerta.

See LIZARD

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SAND-LIZARD'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.