Iguanid

I`gua´nid

a.

1.

(Zool.) Same as Iguanoid.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

iguanid - lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males iguanid lizard lizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail family Iguania, family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae - New World lizards common iguana, iguana, 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 iguana - shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis - small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus - a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico Callisaurus draconoides, gridiron-tailed lizard, zebra-tailed lizard - swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata - with long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico earless lizard - any of several slender lizards without external ear openings: of plains of western United States and Mexico collared lizard - any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico leopard lizard - any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico spiny lizard - any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, sand lizard - one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus - a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico horned lizard, horned toad, horny frog - insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America basilisk - small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America American chameleon, anole, Anolis carolinensis - small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color