Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lizard of the family Iguanidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Same as
iguanoid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
lizard of the family Iguanidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
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Examples
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The iguanid, the South Pacific banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus), is also found in Fiji and is believed to have rafted from the Americas.
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There is one iguanid, nine geckos, nine skinks, and the Pacific boa (Candoia bibroni).
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One studly iguana stakes out his territory and threatens any intruding male with iguanid variants of the usual masculine signals.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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One studly iguana stakes out his territory and threatens any intruding male with iguanid variants of the usual masculine signals.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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