Iguana
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- noun
- /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/
- Specialized
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- It's also vital that you bathe your iguana regularly to keep him neat and disease-free.
- marine iguanas
- land iguana
- pet iguana
Oh, it's a it's a iguana, a lizard of some kind.
- Oh, it's a it's a iguana, a lizard of some kind.
- Never seen that people could drop that iguana or chameleon.
- You find like, dude, I remember one time somebody had hung a iguana, OK, an iguana up by two pieces of yarn, right?
Examples
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After choosing the best home, you should feed your iguana the best meals.
Blog text (21) -
Warmth is important for an iguana since they're cold-blooded creatures and can't regulate their temperature alone.
Blog text (21) -
I will walk my iguana with confidence.
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If we deal with marine iguana, we note that the large ones feed like this one.
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"I have a friend who owns a blue iguana."
Fiction book (1995) -
Finally, make sure to have your iguana checked on an annual basis by your local vet.
Blog text (21) -
For iguanas, you just need to follow some fundamental iguana pet care recommendations to be able to keep them healthy.
Blog text (21) -
A meter-long iguana creeps along a nearby branch.
Academic text (1996) -
The iguana, Gustav, had bitten or tried to bite Melly, and this had unaccountably terrified him.
Fiction book (1997) -
The green iguana is known for its vibrant color and long tail.
Compounds
A large plant-eating lizard with a spiny ridge on its back that often lives in trees
A small lizard with a long tail that lives in hot dry deserts and sits in the sun on rocks
- Specialized
A large green lizard from Central and South America that lives in trees and eats leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
Iguana comes from a Caribbean native word iwana, which Spanish speakers brought into English. So the island name became the name for the big tropical 'lizard' we call an iguana today.