Guana

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  • n. A contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words, Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See iguana.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The tuberculated lizard, Iguana tuberculata: same as iguana.
  • n. The great New Zealand lizard, Hatteria punctata.
  • n. See the extract.
  • n. The name in Cuba for the lace-like inner bark of the blue or mountain mahoe, Pariti elatum, a malvaceous tree 50 to 60 feet high.
    • Word Usage
    "a substance in South America called 'guana', which he had analysed and found to contain one-third of ammoniacal salt with other salts and carbon, but its use was not to come for another generation."
    Variant
    iguana   
    Form
    goanna   
    Same Context
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