iguana

[ ih-gwah-nuh ]

noun
  1. a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.

  2. any of various related lizards of the genera Iguana, Ctenosaura, Conolophus, and Amblyrhynchus.

Origin of iguana

1
1545–55; <Spanish <Arawak iwana

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British Dictionary definitions for iguana

iguana

/ (ɪˈɡwɑːnə) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. Also called: iguanid (ɪˈɡwɑːnɪd) any other lizard of the tropical American family Iguanidae

  1. another name for leguaan

Origin of iguana

1
C16: from Spanish, from Arawak iwana

Derived forms of iguana

  • iguanian, noun, adjective

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