English Explanatory Dictionary

iguana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
  2. Any member of the genus Iguana.
  3. In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
  4. In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
  5. Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).

Pronunciation

/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/ /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-iguana.wav ĭ-gwäʹ-nə /ɪˈɡwɑnə/ /əˈɡwɑnə/

Word forms

iguana iguanas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Derived words

American iguana black iguana black spiny-tailed iguana blue iguana desert iguana eastern casquehead iguana Fiji banded iguana Fiji crested iguana green iguana ground iguana guana helmeted iguana iggie iggy iguaniform iguanoid iguanomorph Jamaican iguana land iguana lesser antillean iguana marine iguana Mona island iguana pink iguana rhino iguana rhinoceros iguana ringed spinytail iguana rock iguana Tarapaca Pacific iguana
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