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What is the difference between iguana and lizard?

iguana | lizard |

As nouns the difference between iguana and lizard

is that iguana is any of several members of the lizard family family: Iguanidae while lizard is any reptile of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.

iguana

English

(wikipedia iguana)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several members of the lizard family .
  • Any member of the genus .
  • A green iguana (); a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

    • Derived terms

    * guana

    Anagrams

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    lizard

    English

    (wikipedia lizard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any reptile of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
  • (chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
  • * 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
    • Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
  • (colloquial) An unctuous person.
  • (colloquial) A coward.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, lang=en , legless lizard , lizard fish , lizard-skin , lizard snake , lizard stone , lounge lizard , sleeping lizard , stump-tailed lizard , true lizard , wall lizard , worm lizard}}