Zool. Also 8 annolis, anole. [a. native name in the Antilles, anoli, anoalli; Fr. and mod.L. anolis.] A genus of lizards of the Iguana family, found in the West Indies and adjacent mainland.
1706. Phillips, Annolis, a Creature in America, about the bigness of a Lizard, and of a yellowish Skin.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Anole … the name of a species of lizard.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. xxii. 430. They [the Guanas] are remarkable—as well as the Anolis, for the kind of goitre in their throat, which … they can inflate to a large size.
1847. Carpenter, Zool., § 495. The Anolis is a small, slender, active, little animal, frequenting woods and rocky places.
