sauromalus obesus

1. 1.

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

   Synonymschuckwalla

   Broaderiguanid

Questions about sauromalus obesus

What does sauromalus obesus mean?

sauromalus obesus means "a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico".

What is another word for sauromalus obesus?

Close synonyms include chuckwalla. 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 sauromalus obesus a common word?

sauromalus obesus 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.