tegu

/ˈteɪɡuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: tegu
IPA: /ˈteɪɡuː/

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Meaning

noun

Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.

noun

Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.

Etymology

From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

Word Breakdown

Root: tecoixin

Inflected Forms

tegus (plural) teju (alternative)

Phrases

Argentine black and white tegu Argentine giant tegu Argentine red tegu Argentine tegu black and white tegu black and yellow tegu black tegu Colombian black and white tegu

Synonyms

salipenter jacuaru

Questions

How do you pronounce tegu?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪɡuː/.

What does tegu mean?

Any of the South American lizards of the families Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae.

Where does tegu come from?

From teguexin, from Nahuatl tecoixin (“lizard”).

How to pronounce tegu

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