iguana
pronunciation
How to pronounce iguana in British English:
UK [ɪˈgwɑ:nə]
How to pronounce iguana in American English:
US [ɪˈɡwɑnə]
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- Noun:
- large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
Word Origin
- iguana (n.)
- 1550s, from Spanish, from Arawakan (W.Indies) iguana, iwana, the local name for the lizard.Foure footed beastes ... named Iuannas, muche lyke vnto Crocodiles, of eyght foote length, of moste pleasaunte taste. [Richard Eden, "Decades of the New World," 1555]
Example
- 1. He was dressed in faded blue jeans , a light-blue jacket , and a t-shirt emblazoned with a white iguana head .
- 2. The green iguana 's extensive range comprises the rain forests of northern mexico , central america , the caribbean islands , and southern brazil .
- 3. Genetic analysis shows that the rosada iguana originated in the galapagos more than five million years ago , and diverged from the other land iguana populations even as the archipelago was still forming .
- 4. Other animals are the black macaque , wild pigs , iguana , snakes leaf monkey , muncak , barking - , sambar - , mouse - , java and muncak deer . Additionally more than 200 species of plants are found here .
- 5. My parents indulged this love of animals and allowed me to hav e a variety of pets , including birds , an iguana , rabbits , a hamster who eventually had babies and so on .