We found 3 definitions of iguanids from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: iguanids |
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iguanid - lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males | ||
iguanid lizard | ||
lizard relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail | ||
family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae New World lizards | ||
common iguana, iguana, iguana iguana large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America | ||
amblyrhynchus cristatus, marine iguana shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands | ||
desert iguana, dipsosaurus dorsalis small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico | ||
chuckwalla, sauromalus obesus a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico | ||
callisaurus draconoides, gridiron-tailed lizard, zebra-tailed lizard swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico | ||
fringe-toed lizard, uma notata with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico | ||
earless lizard any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico | ||
collared lizard any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico | ||
leopard lizard any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico | ||
spiny lizard any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America | ||
side-blotched lizard, uta stansburiana, sand lizard one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States | ||
tree lizard, urosaurus ornatus a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico | ||
horned lizard, horned toad, horny frog insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America | ||
basilisk small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America |