marine iguana

noun

: a shore-dwelling seaweed-eating iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) of the Galápagos Islands that often feeds in the sea

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Takumi Oyama - Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists for the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 And marine iguanas will shrink in response to warmer water temperatures during El Niño years. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2025 Leo must leave his mother’s colony to find his own home — a monumental quest fraught with challenges and new encounters with an array of creatures, from marine iguanas and racer snakes to yellowfin tuna and giant Galapagos sharks. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025 On Española Island, some individuals do more than just peck at wounds to drink blood—they have been seen persistently pecking at the insensitive tail tips of large marine iguanas, removing centimeters of actual tissue in the process. Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marine iguana

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First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of marine iguana was in 1924

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“Marine iguana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marine%20iguana. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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