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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch leguaan. Ultimately from Taíno *iwana.
Pronunciation
Noun
Leguan m (strong, genitive Leguans, plural Leguane)
- iguana
- 1865, Hermann Hauff, transl., chapter 25, in Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents, volume 4, translation of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent by Alexander von Humboldt:
- Es wäre unnütz, den Reisenden die Angst ausreden zu wollen, die sie häufig äußern, wenn sie bei der Ankunft in den Missionen hören, daß die Hühner, die Affen, die Leguans, die großen Flußfische, die sie essen, mit vergifteten Pfeilen getödtet sind.
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Declension
Declension of Leguan