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iguana
[ ih-gwah-nuh ]
noun
- a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- any of various related lizards of the genera Iguana, Ctenosaura, Conolophus, and Amblyrhynchus.
iguana
/ ɪˈɡɑːə /
noun
- either of two large tropical American arboreal herbivorous lizards of the genus Iguana, esp I. iguana ( common iguana ), having a greyish-green body with a row of spines along the back: family Iguanidae
- Also callediguanidɪˈɡwɑːnɪd any other lizard of the tropical American family Iguanidae
- another name for leguaan
Derived Forms
- ˈܲԾ, nounadjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of iguana1
Word History and Origins
Origin of iguana1
Example Sentences
After a whirlwind journey around the world, during which they were nabbed, rescued and quarantined, eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas have finally arrived at their new home at the San Diego Zoo.
They also collected X-ray videos from an iguana and an alligator and examined the shapes of leg bones in other birds, including a penguin, an ostrich, an owl, and a crane.
The less popular pet species — your gerbils, iguanas, and cockatoos — should be grateful.
The Hi-Port ceiling rack is intended for kayaks, but one customer used it to hold their iguana cage and made a whole home on the ceiling for their reptile.
The last person to spot land iguanas on the Galapagos island of Santiago was Charles Darwin – in 1835.
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