leguan
/ˈlegjʊən/(亦作 leguaan 或 likkewaan)
noun
1- S. African a large African monitor lizard〈南非〉非洲巨蜥。
1.1
- Genus Varanus, family Varanidae: the water leguan or Nile monitor, and V. exanthematicus, which lives in burrows in savannah and semi-desert habitats.巨蜥属, 巨蜥科：水巨蜥（如尼罗河巨蜥, 及洞居稀树草原的西非巨蜥）。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Dutch， probably from French l'iguane 'the iguana'. The variant likkewaan is from Afrikaans.