Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large South American lizard of the genus Teius, T. teguexin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large South American lizard (
Tejus teguexin ). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied speciesTejus rufescens is calledred teguexin .
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- noun zoology A large
South American lizard with yellowish spots; a gold tegu.
Etymologies
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From Nahuatl, see tegu.
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Examples
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The large teguexin lizard of the pampas, called iguana by the country people, is a notable snake-killer.
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The largest of their family is the teguexin, or variegated lizard.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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