iguana

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

leguaan

iguana

Synoniemen

monitor lizard

common iguana

Iguana iguana

lizard

🦎

goanna

croc

large lizard

guana

Vertalingen

iguana

iguana

iguane

Leguan

iguana

iguana

varan

varan terrestre

grüner Leguan

Iguana sp.

iguanidé

iguana

ιγκουάνα

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Zinnen

The bizarre presentation involving thirteen ducks , an iguana and a platypus changed the mood somewhat .

De bizarre presentatie met dertien eenden, een leguaan en een vogelbekdier veranderde de stemming enigszins.