MARINE IGUANA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands

Synonyms:

Amblyrhynchus cristatus; marine iguana

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("marine iguana" is a kind of...):

iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)

Holonyms ("marine iguana" is a member of...):

Amblyrhynchus; genus Amblyrhynchus (marine iguanas)

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