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IGUANA IGUANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iguana iguana mean? 

IGUANA IGUANA (noun)
  The noun IGUANA IGUANA has 1 sense:

1. large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South Americaplay

  Familiarity information: IGUANA IGUANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IGUANA IGUANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common iguana; iguana; Iguana iguana

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)


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