iguana

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

monitor lizard

common iguana

Iguana iguana

lizard

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goanna

croc

large lizard

guana

Translations

iguana

iguane

iguana

Leguan

iguana

leguaan

iguana

iguana

grüner Leguan

varan

Iguana sp.

varan terrestre

iguanidé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Sentences

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