‖ Stellio
(ˈstɛlɪəʊ)
[Latin form of next.]
= next. Now only Zool. as generic name.
| 1388 Wyclif Lev. xi. 30 Mygal, camelion, and stellio. 1535 Coverdale Lev. xi. 30 These shalbe vncleane..the Hedge⁓hogge, the Stellio, the Lacerte, [etc.]. 1601 Chester Love's Mart. etc. (1878) 112 The Stellio is a beast that..liueth by the deaw thats heauenly. 1658 Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1052 A Scorpion..doth not hurt a Stellio, an Ascalabotes, a Crab, a Hawk. 1834 M{supc}Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 175 The Agamæ bear a great resemblance to the common Stellios. 1863 Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. III. 88 The Stellio..is a well-known Lizard inhabiting Northern Africa, Syria and Greece. |