chuck-walla
lə noun
an iguanid lizard, Sauromalis obesus, of arid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, that feeds on desert plants.
Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; < California Spanish chacahuala < Cahuilla čáxwal
1865–70, Americanism; < California Spanish chacahuala < Cahuilla čáxwal
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| —n | |
| a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas) | |
| [from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from Shoshonean tcaxxwal] | |
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