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MARINE IGUANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands
Synonyms:
Amblyrhynchus cristatus; marine iguana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("marine 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 ("marine iguana" is a member of...):
Amblyrhynchus; genus Amblyrhynchus (marine iguanas)