leguan

leguan |ˈlɛgjʊən |(also leguaan or likkewaan ) ▶noun S. African a large African monitor lizard. ●Genus Varanus, family Varanidae: the water leguan or Nile monitor, and V. exanthematicus, which lives in burrows in savannah and semi-desert habitats. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Dutch, probably from French l'iguane ‘the iguana ’.

leguan

leguan |ˈlɛgjʊən |(also leguaan or likkewaan ) ▶noun S. African a large African monitor lizard. ●Genus Varanus, family Varanidae: the water leguan or Nile monitor, and V. exanthematicus, which lives in burrows in savannah and semi-desert habitats. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Dutch, probably from French l'iguane ‘the iguana ’.

Leguan

Le gu an Substantiv, maskulin , der |Legu a n auch, österreichisch nur ˈleːgu̯aːn |der Leguan; Genitiv: des Leguans, Plural: die Leguane niederländisch leguaan < spanisch (la ) iguana < Araua (südamerikanische Indianersprache ) iuwana (in den Tropen lebende ) Echse mit gezacktem Kamm 2b , der über Nacken, Rücken und Schwanz verläuft