iguana
IPA: aɪgwˈɑnʌ
noun
- A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
- (zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana.
- Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
- Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
- (Australia, formerly) Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
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Examples of "iguana" in Sentences
- No, you probably kept the iguana.
- An iguana can be seen occasionally.
- The iguana is not a comparable example.
- An iguana's ear is known as the tympanum.
- Renegade the Iguana and Lizard Terrarium.
- It is sometimes referred to as a forest iguana .
- The Gasparilla iguanas are not of the genus iguana.
- Chalarodon is a genus of Malagasy terrestrial iguana.
- As such, he is also occasionally referred to as the Iguana .
- Ant predation of iguana eggs is another threat to the species.