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MARINE IGUANA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does marine iguana mean?

• MARINE IGUANA (noun)
The noun MARINE IGUANA has 1 sense:

1. shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands

Familiarity information: MARINE IGUANA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MARINE IGUANA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Amblyrhynchus cristatus; marine iguana

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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