chuckwalla
Meaning of chuckwalla
noun
a large dark-bodied lizard, the male of which has a light yellow tail, native to the deserts of the south-western US and Mexico. When threatened, it inflates itself with air to wedge itself into a crevice.
late 19th century: from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from a North American Indian language.
Information about chuckwalla
- It is a name.
- The plural form of chuckwalla is: chuckwallas.
- Languages in which chuckwalla is used:
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Hyphenation of chuckwalla
chuck-walla
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- chuckwalla is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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