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: any of various large chiefly herbivorous usually green or brownish tropical American lizards (family Iguanidae, the iguana family) that have a serrated dorsal crest and large dewlap
broadly
: any of various large lizards
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Visitors can spot iguanas, help release sea turtles, and see hundreds of migratory birds that fill its lagoon.
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Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
The body processes in animals like iguanas, turtles, snakes and frogs slow down to a near-stop, allowing the animal to use just a small amount of body fat and survive for weeks in cold temperatures.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Sadly, there are no dedicated citizen science projects for your pet iguana, hamster or jumping spider yet, but stay tuned!
—Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
But Mona also teems with life: flowering cactuses, swirling flocks of seabirds, orchids and iguanas and frogs found nowhere else on Earth.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Mager feeds puppy chow to Iggy a friendly but wild iguana.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
As the sun comes up, green heads can often be seen bobbing in the inlet, followed by long, scaly bodies: iguanas clambering up the small wooden jetty to warm themselves.
—Alice Newell-Hanson Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Yes, falling iguanas are in the forecast once again in Florida.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
Find sharks, iguanas, birds and more with the projects below!
—Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
The body processes in animals like iguanas, turtles, snakes and frogs slow down to a near-stop, allowing the animal to use just a small amount of body fat and survive for weeks in cold temperatures.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Sadly, there are no dedicated citizen science projects for your pet iguana, hamster or jumping spider yet, but stay tuned!
—Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
But Mona also teems with life: flowering cactuses, swirling flocks of seabirds, orchids and iguanas and frogs found nowhere else on Earth.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Mager feeds puppy chow to Iggy a friendly but wild iguana.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
As the sun comes up, green heads can often be seen bobbing in the inlet, followed by long, scaly bodies: iguanas clambering up the small wooden jetty to warm themselves.
—Alice Newell-Hanson Stefan Ruiz, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Yes, falling iguanas are in the forecast once again in Florida.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
Find sharks, iguanas, birds and more with the projects below!
—Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
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iguana
noun
igua·na
i-ˈgwän-ə 
: any of various large plant-eating tropical American lizards that have a ridge of tall scales along the middle of the back and loose skin hanging below the neck
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