guanan.

Brit.

/ˈɡwɑːnə/, U.S.

/ˈɡwɑnə/

Forms:

α. 1500s– guana, 1600s guiana, 1600s wanaes (plural), 1600s–1800s guano, 1700s gwana, 1800s 'guana, 1800s guaner, 1800s guanna.

β. 1600s gwane, 1600s gwayn, 1600s–1700s guane.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: iguana n.

Etymology: Apparently aphetic < iguana n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare goanna n.

1. Any of various chiefly tropical lizards of the New World; esp. the green iguana, Iguana iguana (family Iguanidae). Now regional (Caribbean).In quot. 1952 at α. , the Jamaican giant anole, Anolis garmani (family Polychrotidae).

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Rhynchocephalia (tuatara) > [noun] > member of (tuatara)

guana1589

rhynchocephalian1871

sphenodon1878

tuatara1890

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of (iguana)

iguana1555

guana1589

leguan1704

goanna1769

iguanian1838

α.

1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. (new ed.) Pl. following p. 30 (caption) A beast called a Guana bearing this shape and fashion as is here truely purtraicted.

1607 G. Percy in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) iv. 1686 We also killed Guanas, in fashion of a Serpent, & speckled like a Toade vnder the belly.

1617 W. Raleigh Apol. 37 [South America] hath plenty of..Tortoyses, Armadiles, Wanaes.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 101 [They] found multitudes of Guanoes, and Land-turtle or Tortoise, and named them the Gallapago's Islands.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 267 The animals we met with on shore [at Chequetan] were principally guanos, with which the country abounds, and which are by some reckoned delicious food.

1764 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XLI. 329 Tabago..contains numbers of armadilloes, guanoes, which are of the alligator-kind.

1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 63 The guana [in Antigua] is of various colours; but most commonly it is either brown, green, or blue.

1817 J. H. McCulloh Researches Amer. (ed. 2) iv. 53 It certainly cannot be supposed that the guannas, alligator, monkeys, and other animals that can only live in the hottest parts of America, marched up to Behring's Straits.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxii. 430 The Guanas, also, are said to change their colour; they are remarkable, as well as the Anolis, for the kind of goitre in their throat.

1880 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 482 Past ugly green guanas climbing on the trees on shore.

1952 Nat. Hist. Notes (Jamaica Nat. Hist. Soc.) Jan. 71 They are commonly a handsome verdigris-green colour, with a bright orange- yellow fan under the chin, and were at first mistaken for a local variety of the green ‘guana’, Anolis garmani.

1994 S. Moodie-Kublalsingh Cocoa Panyols of Trinidad 59 Guana does eat fowl, and manicou.

2008 Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Travel section) 12 After taking in a long lime green lizard that Veda describes as a ‘green guana; it eats insects’, she points dramatically at a treetop.

β. 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia 3 in J. Smith Map of Virginia In Mevis, Mona, and the Virgin Iles, we spent some time, wherewith a lothsome beast like a Crocadil, called a Gwayn, Tortoses, Pellicans, Parrots, & fishes, we daily feasted.1630 J. Smith True Trav. 54 Gwanes they have, which is a little harmlesse beast, like a Crokadell or Aligator, very fat and good meat.1763 T. Robinson in W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 100 The animals are the same as in Old Mexico..the armidillo, flying squirrel..guane.

2. Any of various large lizards of the Old World; esp. a monitor lizard (genus Varanus). Cf. goanna n. 2. Now rare.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Varanidae or genus Varanus > member of (monitor)

guana1697

worrala1701

monitory lizard1790

monitor1802

goanna1831

safeguard1831

sauvegarde1840

varanian1841

varan1843

water lizard1865

monitor lizard1869

varanid1896

varanus1934

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xi. 320 In this Island [sc. Mindanao] are also many sorts of Beasts, both wild and tame; as Horses..Deer, Monkies, Guano's, Lizards, Snakes, &c.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 116 Guiana, a Creature like a Crocodile, which Robbers use to lay hold on by their Tails when they clamber Houses.

1744 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) I. 164/2 There are also guanoes, lizards, crocodiles or allegators, and several sorts of snakes and serpents.

1753 N. Owen Jrnl. Slave-dealer (1930) 32 They [sc. the Bulums] eat alegators, guanas and long worms.

1787 Hist. New Holland ii. 21 The guano of New Holland differs from the former [sc. the West Indian guano] in some remarkable particulars.

1787 J. A. Pope Let. 20 Dec. in A. Bulley Free Mariner (1992) (modernized text) ii. 106 Coming down the river I perceived some Guanes, a kind of large lizard or rather small crocodile.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches ii. vi. 210 One of the deep lagoons formed by the river, and which the [Moravian] brethren have named the Leguan's Tank, from its being frequented by numbers of the large amphibious lizard called the leguan or guana.

1864 J. Rogers New Rush i. 6 The shy Guana climbs a tree in fear.

1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 36 The large Monitor which Europeans in India generally call an iguana, sometimes a guano!

1906 H. S. Ferguson in V. N. Aiya Travancore State Man. I. iv. 135 The most formidable of the lizard tribe is the monitor called by Europeans ‘Guana’ found in the neighbourhood of water both in the low country and in the hills.

1942 Geogr. Rev. 32 584 West African pythons, cobras, horned vipers, and ‘guanas’ (large lizards) are found.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	guana
释义	guanan. Brit. /ˈɡwɑːnə/, U.S. /ˈɡwɑnə/ Forms: α. 1500s– guana, 1600s guiana, 1600s wanaes (plural), 1600s–1800s guano, 1700s gwana, 1800s 'guana, 1800s guaner, 1800s guanna. β. 1600s gwane, 1600s gwayn, 1600s–1700s guane. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: iguana n. Etymology: Apparently aphetic < iguana n. (compare forms at that entry). Compare goanna n. 1. Any of various chiefly tropical lizards of the New World; esp. the green iguana, Iguana iguana (family Iguanidae). Now regional (Caribbean).In quot. 1952 at α. , the Jamaican giant anole, Anolis garmani (family Polychrotidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Rhynchocephalia (tuatara) > [noun] > member of (tuatara) guana1589 rhynchocephalian1871 sphenodon1878 tuatara1890 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of (iguana) iguana1555 guana1589 leguan1704 goanna1769 iguanian1838 α. 1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. (new ed.) Pl. following p. 30 (caption) A beast called a Guana bearing this shape and fashion as is here truely purtraicted. 1607 G. Percy in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) iv. 1686 We also killed Guanas, in fashion of a Serpent, & speckled like a Toade vnder the belly. 1617 W. Raleigh Apol. 37 [South America] hath plenty of..Tortoyses, Armadiles, Wanaes. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 101 [They] found multitudes of Guanoes, and Land-turtle or Tortoise, and named them the Gallapago's Islands. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 267 The animals we met with on shore [at Chequetan] were principally guanos, with which the country abounds, and which are by some reckoned delicious food. 1764 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XLI. 329 Tabago..contains numbers of armadilloes, guanoes, which are of the alligator-kind. 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 63 The guana [in Antigua] is of various colours; but most commonly it is either brown, green, or blue. 1817 J. H. McCulloh Researches Amer. (ed. 2) iv. 53 It certainly cannot be supposed that the guannas, alligator, monkeys, and other animals that can only live in the hottest parts of America, marched up to Behring's Straits. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxii. 430 The Guanas, also, are said to change their colour; they are remarkable, as well as the Anolis, for the kind of goitre in their throat. 1880 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 482 Past ugly green guanas climbing on the trees on shore. 1952 Nat. Hist. Notes (Jamaica Nat. Hist. Soc.) Jan. 71 They are commonly a handsome verdigris-green colour, with a bright orange- yellow fan under the chin, and were at first mistaken for a local variety of the green ‘guana’, Anolis garmani. 1994 S. Moodie-Kublalsingh Cocoa Panyols of Trinidad 59 Guana does eat fowl, and manicou. 2008 Times (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Travel section) 12 After taking in a long lime green lizard that Veda describes as a ‘green guana; it eats insects’, she points dramatically at a treetop. β. 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia 3 in J. Smith Map of Virginia In Mevis, Mona, and the Virgin Iles, we spent some time, wherewith a lothsome beast like a Crocadil, called a Gwayn, Tortoses, Pellicans, Parrots, & fishes, we daily feasted.1630 J. Smith True Trav. 54 Gwanes they have, which is a little harmlesse beast, like a Crokadell or Aligator, very fat and good meat.1763 T. Robinson in W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 100 The animals are the same as in Old Mexico..the armidillo, flying squirrel..guane. 2. Any of various large lizards of the Old World; esp. a monitor lizard (genus Varanus). Cf. goanna n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Varanidae or genus Varanus > member of (monitor) guana1697 worrala1701 monitory lizard1790 monitor1802 goanna1831 safeguard1831 sauvegarde1840 varanian1841 varan1843 water lizard1865 monitor lizard1869 varanid1896 varanus1934 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xi. 320 In this Island [sc. Mindanao] are also many sorts of Beasts, both wild and tame; as Horses..Deer, Monkies, Guano's, Lizards, Snakes, &c. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 116 Guiana, a Creature like a Crocodile, which Robbers use to lay hold on by their Tails when they clamber Houses. 1744 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) I. 164/2 There are also guanoes, lizards, crocodiles or allegators, and several sorts of snakes and serpents. 1753 N. Owen Jrnl. Slave-dealer (1930) 32 They [sc. the Bulums] eat alegators, guanas and long worms. 1787 Hist. New Holland ii. 21 The guano of New Holland differs from the former [sc. the West Indian guano] in some remarkable particulars. 1787 J. A. Pope Let. 20 Dec. in A. Bulley Free Mariner (1992) (modernized text) ii. 106 Coming down the river I perceived some Guanes, a kind of large lizard or rather small crocodile. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches ii. vi. 210 One of the deep lagoons formed by the river, and which the [Moravian] brethren have named the Leguan's Tank, from its being frequented by numbers of the large amphibious lizard called the leguan or guana. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush i. 6 The shy Guana climbs a tree in fear. 1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 36 The large Monitor which Europeans in India generally call an iguana, sometimes a guano! 1906 H. S. Ferguson in V. N. Aiya Travancore State Man. I. iv. 135 The most formidable of the lizard tribe is the monitor called by Europeans ‘Guana’ found in the neighbourhood of water both in the low country and in the hills. 1942 Geogr. Rev. 32 584 West African pythons, cobras, horned vipers, and ‘guanas’ (large lizards) are found. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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