iguana
A green iguana, a large tropical American lizard often kept as a petA green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
» Iguanas are reptiles.
Meaning
5 sensesA green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
grüner Leguan
игуа́наiguána
Any member of the genus Iguana.
Leguan
(colloquial)In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
Leguan
игуа́наiguána
ігуа́наihuána
(colloquial)In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
(Australia)Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
- large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
Examples
34 sentencesIguanas are reptiles.
Sami kept an iguana at home.
Sami's iguana was three foot long.
There are many iguanas around the house.
They keep an iguana as a pet.
Translations
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By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.
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Forms
plural: iguanasSynonyms
2 synonyms- large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America:common iguanaIguana iguana