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GENUS IGUANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Iguana mean?
• GENUS IGUANA (noun)
The noun GENUS IGUANA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Iguanidae
Familiarity information: GENUS IGUANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Iguanidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Iguana" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Iguana"):
common iguana; iguana; Iguana iguana (large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America)
Holonyms ("genus Iguana" is a member of...):
family Iguania; family Iguanidae; Iguania; Iguanidae (New World lizards)
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