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IGUANA IGUANA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
Synonyms:
common iguana; iguana; Iguana iguana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Iguana iguana" is a kind of...):
iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)
Holonyms ("Iguana iguana" is a member of...):
genus Iguana (type genus of the Iguanidae)