Strong's Definition
from an unused root probably meaning, to lie low; a lizard (as creeping)
KJV Usage: snail
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֹ֫מֶט (cho.met) — lizard. 1) a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean animals 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Small Animals
skink = small reptile, resembling a lizard, belonging to the family of Scincidae; yellowish of color; lives in desert places; unlike the true lizard it does not climb, but hides under stones or in holes; ◄ swarming land creature; ► unclean animal and therefore not to be eaten
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֹ֫מֶט n.[m.] a kind of lizard, only in list of unclean creeping animals Lv 11:30 ref