chuckwalla

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noun

A lizard, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Similar
Sauromalus obesus
OriginSpanish chacahuala ← Shoshone tcaxxwal ← Cahuilla cháxwal →
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Meanings

nounchuckwalla (plural chuckwallas)

plural chuckwallas

  1. A lizard, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico

Similar
Sauromalus obesus
Broader
iguanidiguanid lizard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Cahuillacháxwal
  2. Shoshonetcaxxwal
  3. Spanishchacahuala
  4. Englishchuckwalla

Borrowed from Spanish chacahuala, from either Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla cháxwal.

More words from Spanish, Shoshone, Cahuilla

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Translations

Finnish chuckwalla
  • chuckwallalizard
Hungarian csukvalla
  • csukvallalizard
Polish czakuela
  • czakuelalizard
Spanish chacahuala
  • chacahualalizard
Cite this entry
APA

chuckwalla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuckwalla

MLA

“chuckwalla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuckwalla. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chuckwalla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuckwalla.

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