Etymology

jeniguana

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Today it means: The cottonwick fish, Haemulon melanurum. Full definition →

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  1. Spanish · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todayjeniguana

Said by Century to be from Cuban Spanish [Term?] "from a native West Indian name".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.