iguana

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large tropical American lizard, typically with a crest of spines along its back and a long tail

   A green iguana rested on a branch above the river.

2. 2
   noun

   any of several related lizards of the iguana family, including marine and land iguanas

   The marine iguana feeds on algae along the rocky shore.

Borrowed through Spanish iguana from Taino iwana, the Indigenous Caribbean name for the lizard.

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