leguaan

词形变化

leguaans 复数 leguaans

别名

leguan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An iguana.

  2. 2.

    Any of the monitor lizards.

    2001 : Finally, a help plea yesterday from Debbie Thompson of Gonubie -- what to do about a small leguaan that had taken up residence in her "somewhat wild" garden with big trees, dense shrubs and hedges? http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/01/18/editoria/CHIEL.HTM

    2006 : This is the view of Sazi Mhlongo, chair of the Traditional Healers's Association of SA (Thasa). It follows the recent court appearance of a sangoma and five others after police discovered the skins of various protected animals in the sangoma's house. The skins included that of a lion, leopard, puff adder and water leguaan. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926093033/http://www.pawtal.co.za/pages/article.asp?ID=337

词源

From French l'iguane, "the iguana", through Dutch and Afrikaans.

来源：wiktionary