"tegu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪɡuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tegu.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tegus [plural], teju [alternative]
Etymology: From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nah|tecoixin|t=lizard}} Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tegu (plural tegus)
  1. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
    Sense id: en-tegu-en-noun-gkVibavI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Lacertoid lizards Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 33 33 3 4 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 2 3 22 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Lacertoid lizards: 50 50
  2. Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.
    In particular, any member of the genus Tupinambis, which is sometimes kept as a pet.
    Translations (lizard of the genus Tupinambis): teiú [masculine] (Portuguese), teju [masculine] (Portuguese), те́гу (tégu) [masculine] (Russian), тупина́мбис (tupinámbis) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tegu-en-noun-5a0k1bwb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Lacertoid lizards Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 33 33 3 4 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 31 2 3 22 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Lacertoid lizards: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'lizard of the genus Tupinambis': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: salipenter [Guyana], jacuaru
Derived forms: Argentine black and white tegu (taxonomic: Salvator merianae), Argentine giant tegu (taxonomic: Salvator merianae), Argentine red tegu (taxonomic: Salvator rufescens), Argentine tegu, black and white tegu (taxonomic: Salvator merianae), black and yellow tegu, black tegu (taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin), Colombian black and white tegu (taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin), common tegu (taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin), crocodile tegu, gold tegu, golden tegu (taxonomic: Tupinambis teguixin), huge tegu (taxonomic: Salvator merianae), red tegu (taxonomic: Salvator rufescens), yellow tegu (taxonomic: Salvator duseni)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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