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chuckwalla
[ chuhk-wah-luh ]
noun
- an iguanid lizard, Sauromalis obesus, of arid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, that feeds on desert plants.
chuckwalla
/ ˈtʃʌkˌwɒlə /
noun
- a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chuckwalla1
1865–70, Americanism; < California Spanish chacahuala < Cahuilla čáxwal
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chuckwalla1
from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from Shoshonean tcaxxwal
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Example Sentences
You've had water three times to our once, and yet you go to work and peter out with Chuckwalla Tanks only five miles away.
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If we don't strike water at Chuckwalla Tanks there'll be real eloquence to that word 'perhaps.'
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Here and there a chuckwalla darted across the trail or a rock squirrel sat on his haunches and scolded as we passed.
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