iguana

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An analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggests that the rosada iguana is actually a species much older than the common land and marine iguanas found on the island chain, and-surprise!

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  1. noun Any of various large tropical American lizards of the family Iguanidae, often having spiny projections along the back.

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  • The owl suddenly swooped down and sank its claws into the iguana, and the cobra struck the owl before it could escape with its kill Chainer split his attention between the sky, which was at last starting to lighten, and the cobra, who was waiting patiently for the owl to stop convulsing. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • He had the look of a huge iguana, and his eyes were many- coloured, many faceted jewels, his scales seeming of gold, silver, and other rich metals.
  • An analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggests that the rosada iguana is actually a species much older than the common land and marine iguanas found on the island chain, and-surprise! —  ScienCentral
  • This makes it more likely that the common yellow land iguana is the progeny of the rosada, not the other way around. —  ScienCentral
  • The scientists discovered that the pink-and-black iguana has been around for a very long time. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
 

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  1. Spanish, from Arawak iwana.

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  1. New Latin, English, etc., English also guana, formerly guano, from Spanish iguana, from the native Haytian name, given variously as igoana, hiuana, yuana.
 

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/ɪˈgwɑnə/
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