chuckwalla

chuckwalla [chuhk-wah-luh] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. an iguanid lizard, Sauromalis obesus, of arid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, that feeds on desert plants.

Origin of chuckwalla 1865–70, Americanism; California Spanish chacahuala Cahuilla čáxwal Examples from the Web for chuckwalla Historical Examples of chuckwalla

Here and there a chuckwalla darted across the trail or a rock squirrel sat on his haunches and scolded as we passed.

I Married a Ranger

Dama Margaret Smith

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.

The Long Chance

Peter B. Kyne

If we don’t strike water at Chuckwalla Tanks there’ll be real eloquence to that word ‘perhaps.’

The Long Chance

Peter B. Kyne

British Dictionary definitions for chuckwalla chuckwalla noun

1. a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)

Word Origin for chuckwalla from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from Shoshonean tcaxxwal