different between monitorlizard vs leguaan
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leguaan
English
Etymology
French l'iguane, "the iguana", through Dutch and Afrikaans.
Noun
leguaan (plural leguaans)
- An iguana.
- Any of the monitor lizards
- 2001 : Finally, a help plea yesterday from Debbie Thompson of Gonubie -- what to do about a small leguaan that had taken up residence in her "somewhat wild" garden with big trees, dense shrubs and hedges? [1]
- 2006 : This is the view of Sazi Mhlongo, chair of the Traditional Healers's Association of SA (Thasa). It follows the recent court appearance of a sangoma and five others after police discovered the skins of various protected animals in the sangoma's house. The skins included that of a lion, leopard, puff adder and water leguaan. [2]
Translations
Anagrams
- aulnage
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish iguana, with assimilation of the Spanish definite article, from Taíno *iwana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?.?y?a?n/
- Hyphenation: le?gu?aan
- Rhymes: -a?n
Noun
leguaan f (plural leguanen, diminutive leguaantje n)
- An iguana; lizard of the family Iguanidae; historically also including members of the Iguania.
Derived terms
- zeeleguaan
Descendants
- Afrikaans: likkewaan
- ? German: Leguan
- ? Sranan Tongo: legwana
- ? Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná
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