desert iguana: Meaning and Definition of

des'ert igua'na

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  1. a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back. Also called
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