chuckwalla

Meaning

Noun

  • An iguana, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Origin

  • Spanish chacahuala, from either Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla cháxwal.

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