1. large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America; [syn: common iguana, iguana, Iguana iguana]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
common iguana
n 1: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a
spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central
America and South America [syn: common iguana, iguana,
Iguana iguana]