iguanoid
iguanoid adjective: relating to the Iguanidae.
Adjective
iguanoid (not comparable)
- Relating to the Iguanidae.
Noun
iguanoid (plural iguanoids)
- A lizard from the taxonomic family Iguanidae.
- The remarkable feature of this Iguanoid is its semi-marine life.1901, Sidney Frederic Harmer, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley, The Cambridge Natural History - Volume 8, page 533
- The iguanoids, which comprise about three hundred species, arranged in fifty genera, may be regarded as especially characteristic of South and Central America, although they extend into the warmer parts of the northern half of that continent, ranging in the west as far as British Columbia, and in...1910, Richard Lydekker, Library of Natural History - Volume 5, page 2488
- A type of reptilian (reptilian alien)
- Because rumor has it, that they are three times as ugly, meaner, greedier and war mongering than the Earthlings, could ever be. Yes, if you can believe it, they are even worse than the Iguanoids.2013, R. J. Denardo, The Captain's Propensity: The Andromeda Incident II, page 179
- Iguanoids stand three foot five to five five and use their long tail for balance.2021, Craig Campobasso, The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac, page 231
Examples of iguanoid in a sentence
- While many of the teiids and varanids are active foragers, many of the iguanoids are clearly sit-and-wait predators.1978, Neil Greenberg, Paul D. MacLean, Behavior and Neurology of Lizards, page 59:
- Via interactions between the external environment and their nervous and hormonal systems, many iguanoids have the novel ability to change their body color.2004, David L. Pearson, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, page 83:
Forms of iguanoid
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Origin of iguanoid
From iguana + -oid.
Questions about iguanoid
- What does iguanoid mean?
- Iguanoid means relating to the Iguanidae.
- How do you use iguanoid in a sentence?
- While many of the teiids and varanids are active foragers, many of the iguanoids are clearly sit-and-wait predators.
- What part of speech is iguanoid?
- Iguanoid can be an adjective or a noun.
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