Iguanian


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I`gua´ni`an


a.1.(Zool.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the iguana.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Function of a secondary sexual ornament: The crest in the South American iguanian lizard Microlophus occipitalis (Peters, Tropiduridae).
ovimonsensis, the researchers found it was an offshoot of ancient iguanian lizards, which today include Old World chameleons, iguanas and anoles in the American tropics, as well as the water-walking basilisk lizards.
Losos, "Tempo and mode of evolutionary radiation in iguanian lizards," Science, vol.
Nishikawa, "Comparative study of the innervation patterns of the hyobranchial musculature in three iguanian lizards: sceloporus undulatus, Pseudotrapelus sinaitus, and Chamaeleo jacksonii," Anatomical Record, vol.267, no.