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Iguana

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

i=gua=na

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Iguana has 1 sense

iguana(n = noun.animal) common iguana, iguana iguana - large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America; Array

is a kind of iguanid, iguanid lizard

is a member of genus iguana

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Iguana, n. [Sp. iguana, from the native name in Haiti. Cf. Guana.].

Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidæ. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits. [1913 Webster]

" The common iguana (Iguana tuberculata) of the West Indies and South America is sometimes five feet long. Its flesh is highly prized as food. The horned iguana (Iguana cornuta) has a conical horn between the eyes." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Iguana, n. any of various large lizards of the family Iguanidae native to America, the W. Indies, and the Pacific islands, having a dorsal crest and throat appendages.

Etymology

Sp. f. Carib iwana

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