iguanaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/, /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/
• (米国発音) enPR: ĭ-gwäʹ-nə, IPA: /ɪˈɡwɑnə/, /əˈɡwɑnə/
• 韻: -ɑːnə

名詞

iguana (plural iguanas)

1. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
   • 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids, page 18:

     The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]

2. (zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana.
3. Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
   • 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 44:

     Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea.

4. Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
5. (Australia, formerly) Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 161:

     The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.

派生語

参照

• “iguana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “iguana”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Iguana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iguana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Iguana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

アナグラム

• Guiana, Inagua