Lexical Definition

‎לְטָאָה‎ lᵉṭâʼâh (let-aw-aw') lizard ^H:N-F
from an unused root meaning to hide

lizard.

• a kind of lizard (from its covert habits)

1) a kind of lizard
1a) named as being unclean
1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לְטָאָה‎ noun feminine a kind of lizard (Late Hebrew id.); — named as unclean Lev 11:30 (with ‎צָב‎, ‎אֲנָקָה‎, ‎כֹּחַ‎, ‎חֹמֶט‎, ‎תִּנְשֶׁמֶת‎), ᵐ5 χαλαβώτης, ᵑ9 stellio. — See Di^{on the passage} Tristr^{Nat. Hist. Bib. 266 ff}.

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