DESERT IGUANA

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico

Synonyms:

desert iguana; Dipsosaurus dorsalis

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("desert 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 ("desert iguana" is a member of...):

Dipsosaurus; genus Dipsosaurus (desert iguanas)

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