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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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An iguana grabbed a ball at the 2014 Puerto Rico Open.
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Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 May 2024
My purveyor was a Web site called Exotic Meat Market, which also offers such unsettling delicacies as alpaca, zebra, and iguana meat.
—John Paul Brammer, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
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Victor Mather, New York Times, 16 May 2024
My purveyor was a Web site called Exotic Meat Market, which also offers such unsettling delicacies as alpaca, zebra, and iguana meat.
—John Paul Brammer, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Iguana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iguana. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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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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