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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
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Derived Forms
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of iguana1
1545–55; < Spanish < Arawak iwana
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of iguana1
C16: from Spanish, from Arawak iwana
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Example Sentences
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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.
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The less popular pet species — your gerbils, iguanas, and cockatoos — should be grateful.
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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.
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The last person to spot land iguanas on the Galapagos island of Santiago was Charles Darwin – in 1835.
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An iguana grabbed a ball at the 2014 Puerto Rico Open.
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