How to Use anole in a Sentence

anole

noun
  • The green anole lizard looks like a skinny, four-legged lime.
    — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • An anole lizard dives using a clever trick to breathe underwater.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Until 20 years ago, the island was home to a single anole species.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 30 July 2020
  • His team found that over time, brown anoles with longer legs had higher survival rates after the crested anoles showed up.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
  • In the absence of trees the anoles had been using boulders to sun themselves and to display in search of mates.
    — Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
  • For the record, she has been bitten by an octopus, an anole lizard, wild mice, voles and a cardinal.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The crested anoles spent more of their time living in trees, and were found to perch higher up on average than the brown anoles.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The researchers plan on further looking into how the behavior evolved in the anole lizards.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
  • The wee anole relies mostly on camouflage to hide from predators such as birds, snakes, mammals and other lizards.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Most interesting of all, the brown anoles evolved new physical traits to support their new ground-dwelling lifestyle.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers placed six different anole species into tanks filled with water to see how the evolutionary trick worked.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
  • Cox said these hilltops — now islands — are hotter and dryer than the anole’s usual habitat deep in the rainforest.
    — Alex Harris Miami Herald (tns), al, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The unusual and specialized behavior, filmed by researchers as part of a new study, could help anoles hide from predators on land.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the green anoles on islands without brown anoles did not develop the larger, stickier pads.
    — Bill Kearney, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Researchers who wear orange catch more anoles, and Australia began culling thousands of camels with helicopter snipers.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
  • The researchers also noted that the air bubble stuck onto the anole lizard's hydrophobic, or water-repelling, scales.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
  • And unlike the colorful green anole, the Texas spiny lizard keeps a low profile by blending in with its surroundings rather than sticking out.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • By contrast, the anole lizards’ story is disquieting in its intimacy.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Kites gather in large roosting colonies to prepare for migration, loading up on calories by eating insects, anoles, frogs and even small mammals and birds.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • As a result, anole lizards have become a key scientific model for research into how reptiles develop and evolve.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The researcher applied an emollient (otherwise known as a moisturizer) to the skin of some anoles, which prevents air bubbles from sticking to them.
    — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Cox is currently watching another type of lizard — the Panamanian slender anole — do just that.
    — Alex Harris Miami Herald (tns), al, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Anolis aquaticus, or the water anole, is a common lizard species native to Central America.
    — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024
  • For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • However, the anoles aren’t only unfazed by it—they’re continuing their invasive spread across the region.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Swierk was honored a second time as runner-up in this category for the above image depicting an anole lizard diving using a clever trick to breathe underwater.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
  • This whole natural experiment with python or iguanas or Caribbean anoles is playing out right in front of us in Florida.
    — Bill Kearney, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The anole lizards that dot many islands of the Caribbean are a natural evolutionary experiment.
    — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2016
  • The grip strength of anole lizards on Dominica increased tenfold following Hurricane Maria.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • But no one had figured out whether the animals were using these air pockets to prolong their underwater sojourns, which in wild water anoles can last up to 16 minutes.
    — Bysean Cummings, science.org, 17 Sep. 2024

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