leguan

noun

le·​guan

variants or leguaan

ləˈgwän

plural -s

: a large lizard

the leguan had the tortoise gripped in its jaws

—W. H. Archer

Word History

Etymology

probably from Dutch, from French l'iguane the iguana, from le the + iguane iguana, from Spanish iguana

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