iguanodon

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noun

Any large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Origintaxonomic name Iguanodon ← Spanish iguana ← Taíno *iwana →
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Meanings

nouniguanodon (plural iguanodons)

plural iguanodons

  1. Any large dinosaur of the genus †Iguanodon, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

    August the twenty-eighth - the day we saw five live iguanodons in a glade of Maple White Land.

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
iguanodont

Origin

  1. Taíno*iwana
  2. Spanishiguana
  3. taxonomic nameIguanodon
  4. Englishiguanodon

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Iguanodon, from Spanish iguana (from Taíno *iwana) + translingual -odon.

More words from taxonomic name, Spanish, Taíno

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Translations

Portuguese iguanodonte
  • iguanodonte†Iguanodon sp.
Spanish iguanodonte
  • iguanodonte†Iguanodon sp.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Gounodian
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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