amblyrhynchus cristatus

1. 1.

   shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands

   Synonymsmarine iguana

   Broaderiguanid

   Part ofAmblyrhynchus

Questions about amblyrhynchus cristatus

What does amblyrhynchus cristatus mean?

amblyrhynchus cristatus means "shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands".

What is another word for amblyrhynchus cristatus?

Close synonyms include marine iguana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amblyrhynchus cristatus a common word?

amblyrhynchus cristatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.