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# iguana

noun (an iguana, iguanas)

«iguana» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An iguana is a large lizard with a row of spines down its back, found in hot parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#m1)
2. The marine iguana of the Galapagos Islands is the only lizard that swims and feeds in the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons iguanas are examples of reptiles: cold-blooded, scaly, laying eggs, and needing the sun to warm up. Green iguanas are mostly plant eaters. Charles Darwin saw marine iguanas in the Galapagos. Some people keep iguanas as pets. Phrases: «green iguana», «marine iguana».

### Examples

- An iguana lay on the warm rock in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#x1)
- Iguanas are reptiles, so they are cold-blooded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#x2)
- The green iguana eats leaves, flowers and fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#x3)
- Marine iguanas dive into the sea to eat seaweed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#x4)
- My cousin keeps an iguana in a big glass tank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#x5)
- The iguana's long tail can whip at an enemy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/#x6)

### Note

Countable; use «an» (an iguana). Stress: ig-WAH-nuh. Iguanas are lizards, not dinosaurs, although they look a little like small dinosaurs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «iguana» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iguana/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«iguana» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/iguana.html) on Mova free.