| 单词 | iguanid |
| 释义 | iguanid (once / 1181932 pages) n WORD FAMILY iguanid USAGE EXAMPLESA genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanid‘. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) They belong to the family Iguanid�, which includes some very large species. Scharff, Robert Francis, The History of the European Fauna(2010) The true rattlesnakes are highly characteristic, and among the lizards are several genera of the peculiar American family, the Iguanid�. Wallace, Alfred Russel, Island Life—Or the Phenomena and Ca...(2010) n lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males Syn|Hypo|Hyper iguanid lizard Iguana iguana, common iguana, iguana large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America Amblyrhynchus cristatus, marine iguanashore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands Dipsosaurus dorsalis, desert iguanasmall long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico Sauromalus obesus, chuckwallaa herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico Callisaurus draconoides, gridiron-tailed lizard, zebra-tailed lizardswift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico Uma notata, fringe-toed lizardwith long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico earless lizardany of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico collared lizardany of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico leopard lizardany of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico spiny lizardany of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America Uta stansburiana, sand lizard, side-blotched lizardone of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States Urosaurus ornatus, tree lizarda climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico horned lizard, horned toad, horny froginsectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America basilisksmall crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis, anolesmall arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color fence lizardspiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico Sceloporus graciosus, sagebrush lizarda ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains Phrynosoma cornutum, Texas horned lizardof arid and semiarid open country lizard relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail |
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