Noun:

पश्चिमी द्वीप-समूह एवं दक्षिणी अमरीका की वृक्ष पर रहने वाली बड़ी छिपकली जो अब प्रसतरित रूप में ही मिलती है, इग्‍यूएना, गोधा,

iguana's Usage Examples:

We even had an iguana up a tree once.

"The iguana," says H.

The monitor lizard is popularly known as the goanna, a name derived from the iguana, an entirely different animal.

One of the largest and most widely distributed is the common iguana (Iguana tuberculata), which occurs in the tropical parts of Central and South America and the West Indies, with the closely allied I.

When unworn the teeth are spatulate and crimped or serrated round the edge, closely resembling those of the existing Central American lizard, Iguana - hence the name Iguanodon (Gr.

- Head of Iguana rhinolophus.

The reptilians are represented in the Parana by the jacare (Alligator sclerops), and on land by the " iguana " (Teius teguexim, Podinema teguixin), and some species of lizard.

IGUANA, systematically Iguanidae (Spanish quivalent of Carib iwana), a family of pleurodont lizards, comprising about 50 genera and 300 species.

Of lizards the iguana (Cyclura caudata) is noteworthy.

For Basiliscus see Basilisk; Iguana is dealt with under its own heading; allied is Metopoceros cornutus of Hayti.

Synonyms:

iguanid lizard, genus Iguana, common iguana, iguanid, Iguana iguana,