What is "galliwasp"

Galliwasp \Gal"li*wasp`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A West Indian lizard ( Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.

n. Any of the lizards in the genus (taxlink Celestus genus noshow=1).

The galliwasps are a group of anguid lizards from the genera Celestus and Diploglossus containing the following living species, and one extinct species.