La-çẽr'tȧ, n.

n. [Lat. lacerta, lizard, and lacertus, muscle, and also lizard.]

1. (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation; the Lizard.
3. A muscle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. A fathom. [Obs.] Doomsday Book.