How to Use iguana in a Sentence

iguana

noun
Definition of iguananext
  • The count after one month: 249 iguanas, found and killed on the spot.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Find sharks, iguanas, birds and more with the projects below!
    — Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The video shows two large iguanas going toe-to-toe in the parking lot.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 25 June 2018
  • That video clip of an iguana running from snakes was one of the highlights of 2016.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 15 June 2017
  • School is out And so are the critters. Is that an iguana pooping on your porch?
    — Sarah Claire McDonald, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
  • In the next car in the Trump train of vehicles was a 3- or 4-foot iguana balanced on the driver’s arm.
    — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Swamp eels, pythons, land snails, iguanas, and… bunnies?
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 July 2023
  • There is shade along the path; iguanas scurry into the canal as riders pass.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Gardeners tend not to be charmed by the green iguanas for that reason.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 3 July 2019
  • Ramirez Caballero did not have a permit to transport the iguanas.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The video captures how some of the iguanas survived by dashing to an oceanside cliff.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Green iguanas can live up to 10 years in the wild and 19 years in captivity, making their homes on the ground, in shrubs or in trees.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 29 July 2019
  • The green iguanas cause damage to seawalls, sidewalks and landscape plants, the FWC said.
    — Fox News, 4 July 2019
  • The main road is dotted with dead iguanas smashed by work trucks and first responders.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The apartment is home to two parrots, a duck, a chicken, a quail, a rabbit, guinea pigs, two iguanas and a chinchilla.
    — NBC News, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Enjoy a swim in the park’s turquoise lagoons, and pay a visit to a local iguana habitat.
    — National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2019
  • The Ground Finch uses its crushing beak to remove ticks from the backs of tortoises and iguanas.
    — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Officials tried to make the iguana move by waving a towel at it.
    — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The rules for the Trump impeachment trial are set Falling iguanas?!
    — Bob Highfill, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Expect to see sloths and squirrel monkeys in the trees, iguanas sunning themselves on the rocks and colorful crabs in the sand.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The reserve is home to over 80 sloths – and howling monkeys, porcupines and iguanas, too – so you’re bound to spot some wildlife on the ATV ride up the mountain.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
  • The use of the guests’ helicopter allowed scientists to build a research center on the rim of the caldera to monitor the pink iguana.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Mager feeds puppy chow to Iggy a friendly but wild iguana.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The quirky campaign video opens with a close-up shot of Culkin gently petting an iguana — who’s wearing a festive red bow, of course!
    — Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Equipped with a gas mask, bulletproof vest and ski gloves, Adams managed to catch the iguana in a towel and release it outside.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 July 2017
  • Just across from the tortoises are iguanas residing among a rock wall.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Yes, falling iguanas are in the forecast once again in Florida.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
  • At the center of the town of Duvergé on Lake Enriquillo’s southern side is a park with a giant statue of an iguana.
    — National Geographic, 3 Mar. 2016
  • So far, working in teams of two, the researchers have captured and killed 249 iguanas along a canal in Davie that runs parallel to Griffin Road.
    — Author: Susannah Bryan, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • More: An Ohio man threw an iguana at a restaurant manager.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 July 2019

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