English > iguanid lizard: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | lizards of the New World and Madagascar / Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males. |
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| Synonym | iguanid |
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| Member of | Iguanidae, family Iguanidae, Iguania, family Iguania | New World lizards |
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| Narrower | American chameleon, anole, Anolis carolinensis | small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color |
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| basilisk | small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs |
| chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus | A herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico |
| collared lizard | Any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands |
| common iguana, iguana, Iguana iguana | large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back |
| desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis | small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico |
| earless lizard | Any of several slender lizards without external ear openings |
| fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata | With long pointed scales around toes |
| horned lizard, horned toad, horny frog | insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body |
| leopard lizard | Any of several large lizards with many dark spots |
| marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus | shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands |
| side-blotched lizard, sand lizard, Uta stansburiana | One of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
| spiny lizard | Any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales |
| tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus | A climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico |
| zebra-tailed lizard, gridiron-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs |
| Broader | lizard | relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail |
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| Spanish | iguánido |
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| Catalan | iguànid |
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