chuckwalla
/ˈtʃʌkˌwɒlə/noun
1- a large dark-bodied lizard, the male of which has a light yellow tail, native to the deserts of the south-western US and Mexico. When threatened it inflates itself with air to wedge itself into a crevice.变色蜥。
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- Sauromalus obesus, family Iguanidae.拉丁名Sauromalus obesus,美洲鬣蜥科。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from American Indian.