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Definition of iguana noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

iguana

noun

/ɪˈɡwɑːnə/

/ɪˈɡwɑːnə/

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a large tropical American lizard (= a type of reptile)Topics Animalsc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish, from Arawak iwana.

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