iguana

Meaning

Noun

• A green iguana (Iguana iguana (species)), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet
• In zoology, any member of the genus Iguana
• Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
• Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor -- see leguan
• Colloquially, in Australia, any member of the genus Varanus -- see goanna

Origin

• From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.