Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling or related to an iguana; belonging or relating to the Iguanidæ.
- noun An iguana, or some similar lizard.
- noun Also
iguanoid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the
suborder Iguania ofiguanas ,chameleons ,agamids , and "New World lizards". - adjective Of or pertaining to the suborder Iguania.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Modes of ear reduction in iguanian lizards (Reptilia, Iguania); different paths to similar ends.
Harduns and toad-heads; a tale of arenicoly and over-looked convergence Darren Naish 2006
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Modes of ear reduction in iguanian lizards (Reptilia, Iguania); different paths to similar ends.
Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006
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For example, “The overwhelming molecular-genetic evidence shows that the primitive-looking iguanian lizards are close relatives of two of the most advanced lineages, the snakes on the one hand and the monitor lizards and their relatives on the other,” Vidal says.
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For example, “The overwhelming molecular-genetic evidence shows that the primitive-looking iguanian lizards are close relatives of two of the most advanced lineages, the snakes on the one hand and the monitor lizards and their relatives on the other,” Vidal says.
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For example, “The overwhelming molecular-genetic evidence shows that the primitive-looking iguanian lizards are close relatives of two of the most advanced lineages, the snakes on the one hand and the monitor lizards and their relatives on the other,” Vidal says.
Followup to "dragons and microbes" post - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Now pleurodont iguanian lizards abound in the South American region; but nowhere else, and are not as yet known to inhabit any part of the present continent of Africa.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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Agamids are iguanian lizards found across Africa, southern Asia and Australasia, and they’re fascinating for a host of reasons.
Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Agamids are iguanian lizards found across Africa, southern Asia and Australasia, and they’re fascinating for a host of reasons.
Harduns and toad-heads; a tale of arenicoly and over-looked convergence Darren Naish 2006
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Then 2 you’ll note that the “primitive-looking iguanian lizards are close relatives of two of the most advanced lineages, the snakes on the one hand and the monitor lizards and their relatives on the other.”
Followup to "dragons and microbes" post - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Then 2 you’ll note that the “primitive-looking iguanian lizards are close relatives of two of the most advanced lineages, the snakes on the one hand and the monitor lizards and their relatives on the other.”
Followup to "dragons and microbes" post - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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