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Definition: Iguana |
IguanaNoun1. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central and South America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "iguana" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Etymology: Iguana \I*gua"na\, noun. [from Spanish expression iguana, from the native name in Hayti. Compare to Guana.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Iguana Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Sub-order: Sauria Family: Iguanidae Genus: Iguana
Classification of Genus Iguana
(after Frost et al.)
References
- Iguana delicatissima
- Iguana iguana
- Frost, D.E. and R.E. Etheridge (1989) A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata). Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81
- Frost, D.R., R. Etheridge, D. Janies and T.A. Titus (2001) Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of Polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania). American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Iguana."
Synonym: IguanaSynonym: common iguana (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Iguana |
| English words defined with "iguana": Guana ♦ Iguanian. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Iguana" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (guana), Portuguese (guana), Spanish (iguana), Turkish (guana, iguana). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Maybe it was an iguana. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; writing credit: Ethan Coen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | L' Iguana dalla lingua di fuoco (1971) On the Trail of the Iguana (1964) The Night of the Iguana (1964) Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000) Iguana no musume (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Galapagos sea lion - Zalophus californianus wollebacki and a marine iguana - Amblyrhynchus cristatus. Credit: Small World. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Iguana" by Carlos Villela Commentary: "My friend's iguana, named Joelma." | "Iguana with Eyes Open from Flo" by David Sinofksy Commentary: "Iguana with Eyes Open from Florida Zoo." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Honduras | Hotel construction projects in the country include the Crowne Plaza in Tegucigalpa, and the Iguana Bay Hotel, Hotel Coconut Tree, and Park Hyatt Resort in the Bay Islands, among others. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Iguana" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Iguana" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "iguana": common iguana ♦ desert iguana ♦ genus Iguana ♦ Iguana cornuta ♦ iguana iguana ♦ Iguana tuberculata ♦ marine iguana. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "iguana": iguana-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
iguana | 2,265 | iguana lizard | 21 |
green iguana | 348 | iguana rescue | 21 |
iguana cage | 183 | iguana mobile | 21 |
iguana picture | 128 | reptile iguana | 20 |
iguana care | 122 | baby iguana | 19 |
dancing at the blue iguana | 101 | care of the green iguana | 19 |
blue iguana | 66 | iguana diet | 18 |
cafe iguana | 61 | iguana ringtone | 17 |
night of the iguana | 57 | cantina iguana | 17 |
pet iguana | 53 | iguana info | 16 |
desert iguana | 42 | iguana habitat | 16 |
iguana information | 35 | iguana tattoo | 15 |
iguana food | 33 | iguana supply | 15 |
iguana for sale | 32 | iguana adoption | 14 |
green iguana picture | 30 | iguana enclosure | 14 |
marine iguana | 28 | iguana name | 14 |
giant iguana | 27 | farming iguana | 13 |
iguana iguana | 27 | iguana tank | 13 |
iguana pic | 26 | iguana sms | 13 |
iguana photo | 23 | iguana cage plan | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "iguana"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chamorro | hilitai. (various references) | |
Danish | havleguan (Galapagos marine iguana). (various references) | |
Dutch | leguaan (pudding fender), groene leguaan (common iguana). (various references) | |
Esperanto | igvano. (various references) | |
Farsi | هرنوع سوسماربزرگ . (various references) | |
French | iguane vrai (common iguana). (various references) | |
German | leguan (pudding fender), gruener Leguan (common iguana). (various references) | |
Greek | ιγουάνα η κοινή (common iguana), μεγάλη δενδρόβια σαύρα των τροπικών. (various references) | |
Hungarian | iguána. (various references) | |
Italian | iguane (common iguana). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | イギリス帝国 (British Empire, equal, equal opportunity, equal partner, equalizer, equipment, icon, iconography, igloo, ignition key, Islam, Israel, Istanbul, salmon roe). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | イグアナ . (various references) | |
Manx | iguaan. (various references) | |
Maya | huuh. (various references) | |
Papiamen | yuana. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iguanaay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | iguanas (common iguana, iguanids). (various references) | |
Romanian | iguanã. (various references) | |
Russian | игуана (guana). (various references) | |
Sepedi | polomeetse. (various references) | |
Spanish | iguana. (various references) | |
Swazi | châmu. (various references) | |
Swedish | leguan. (various references) | |
Turkish | iguana (guana). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | con cự đà. (various references) | |
Yucatec | huh (lizard). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Iguana spp.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "iguana": iguanas. (additional references) | |
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"Iguana" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aguada, angsana, Ciguenza, eguana, guanay, igman, iguanu, iguinal, iguna, Ijuin, Ituna, Ituraea, Kiganda, liguans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "iguana" (pronounced īgwÄ"nu) |
| 4 | -w Ä" n u | marijuana. |
| 3 | -Ä" n u | Ana, Donna, liana, Madonna, Mana, Nirvana, Nona. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-n-u" | |
-1 letter: again. | |
-2 letters: agin, anga, gain, gaun, guan, unai. | |
-3 letters: aga, ain, ana, ani, gan, gin, gnu, gun, nag. | |
-4 letters: aa, ag, ai, an, in, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-n-u" | |
+1 letter: guarani, iguanas. | |
+2 letters: guaranis, guardian, iguanian, pagurian, unialgal. | |
+3 letters: actuating, adulating, alaruming, assuaging, guaranies, guardians, iguanians, inaugural, marauding, neuralgia, pagurians, valuating, vulgarian. | |
+4 letters: ambulating, amputating, angularity, angulating, angulation, antifungal, antiplague, applauding, armaturing, assaulting, automating, canulating, diapausing, evacuating, evaluating, graduating, graduation, guarantied, guaranties, haranguing, inarguable, inarguably, inaugurals, inaugurate, jaculating, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, laureating, maculating, maturating, nauseating, neuralgias, outbargain, plateauing, quadrating, ragamuffin, salmagundi, sanguinary, saturating, tabulating, triangular, unavailing, vulgarians. | |
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