Lac"er*a*tive (?), a. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as,
lacerative humors. Harvey.
La"cert (?), n. [OE. lacerte. See Lacertus.] A muscle of the human
body. [Obs.] Chaucer.
La*cer"ta (?), n. [L. lacertus the arm.] A fathom. [Obs.] Domesday
Book.
La*cer"ta, n. [L. a lizard. See Lizard.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards.
See Lizard.
Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is now restricted
to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green lizard (Lacerta
viridis) and the sand lizard (L. agilis), of Europe.