different between tuatara vs iguana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tuatara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu???t????/
• Hyphenation: tu?a?ta?ra

Noun

tuatara (plural tuataras or tuatara)

1. Either of two reptiles, Sphenodon punctatus and Sphenodon guntheri, native to New Zealand, that resemble lizards.

Translations

See also

• Sphenodon

Further reading

• tuatara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Maori

Etymology

Said to be from tua (“on the back”) +? tara (“spine”).

Noun

tuatara

1. tuatara

English

Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ju???n?/, /???w??n?/
• (US) enPR: ?-gwä?-n?, IPA^(key): /???w?n?/, /???w?n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

iguana (plural iguanas)

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

• iguana at OneLook Dictionary Search
• iguana in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Iguana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iguana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Iguana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Guiana, Inagua

Galician

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

Italian

Noun

iguana f (plural iguane)

1. iguana

Anagrams

• guaina, Guiana

Japanese

Romanization

iguana

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Kikuyu

Etymology

Reciprocal form of k?igua (“to hear”); literally, “to hear each other”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?uana/

Verb

iguana (infinitive k?iguana)

1. to agree
2. to be reconciled
3. to be in one mind
4. to be friendly

Related terms

(Nouns)

• ?iguano 14

References

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?u?(w)a.na/

Noun

iguana f

1. iguana

   Synonym: legwan

Declension

Further reading

• iguana in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• iguana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno *iwana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i??wana/, [i???wa.na]

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

Descendants

• ? Dutch: leguaan
  • Afrikaans: likkewaan
  • ? German: Leguan
  • ? Sranan Tongo: legwana
    • ? Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná
• ? English: iguana
• ? French: iguane
• ? Japanese: ????

Further reading

• “iguana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i????n?]
• Hyphenation: i?gu?a?na

Noun

iguana (definite accusative iguanay?, plural iguanalar)

1. iguana

Declension