What is "frilled lizard"

frilled \frilled\ (fr[i^]ld), a. Furnished with a frill or frills.

Frilled lizard (Zo["o]l.), a large Australian lizard ( Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.

n. A lizard ((taxlink Chlamydosaurus kingii species noshow=1)) native to Australia and New Guinea with a wide, contractile membranous frill extending from the neck and throat.

n. large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck [syn: Chlamydosaurus kingi]