iguana

/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/US/ɪˈɡwɑnə/

iguana noun: a green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

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Noun

iguana (plural iguanas)

A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
- The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids, page 18
Any member of the genus Iguana.
(colloquial) In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
- Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 44
(colloquial) In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
(Australia, formerly) Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
- The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 161

iguana meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Gujarati

iguana in Tamil

any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae: பல்லி palli, உடும்பு uṭumpu

iguana in Telugu

the iguana: ఉడుము uḍumu

iguana in Kannada

iguana: ಉಡ uḍa

iguana in Gujarati

any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae: ઘો gho

More languagesFewer languages

iguana in Tagalog: bayawak
iguana in Arabic: إِغْوَانَا ʔiḡwānā
iguana in Malay: iguana
iguana in Indonesian: iguana
iguana in Thai: อิกัวนา ì-guua-nâa
iguana in Vietnamese: kỳ nhông, cự đà

Examples of iguana in a sentence

Saw a 'mess' of iguanas on Little Conch Key in the Florida Keys.
In order of rank, the matricians were the pig, dog, snake, and iguana clans.
Love how green iguanas look like dinosaurs.

All 11 example sentences with iguana

Forms of iguana

plural	iguanas

Plural of iguana: iguanas

Origin of iguana

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Words formed from iguana

American iguana
black iguana
black spiny-tailed iguana
blue iguana
desert iguana
eastern casquehead iguana
Fiji banded iguana
Fiji crested iguana
green iguana
ground iguana
guana
helmeted iguana
iggie
iggy
iguaniform
iguanoid
iguanomorph
Jamaican iguana
land iguana
lesser antillean iguana
marine iguana
Mona island iguana
pink iguana
rhino iguana
rhinoceros iguana
ringed spinytail iguana
rock iguana
Tarapaca Pacific iguana

Phrases with iguana

Iguana Creek

Words that rhyme with iguana

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Questions about iguana

What does iguana mean?: Iguana means a green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
What is iguana in Tamil?: Iguana in Tamil is பல்லி (palli), உடும்பு (uṭumpu). See Iguana meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is iguana?: Iguana is a noun.
How do you pronounce iguana?: Iguana is pronounced /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/ (UK).
What is the plural of iguana?: The plural of iguana is iguanas.

Words near iguana in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: iguana (page history and authors); ఉడుము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಉಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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