Zool. [ad. Aztec tecoixin, tecouixin a lizard.] A large South American lizard of the genus Teius, esp. T. teguexin.
[1540. Sagahun, Historia de Nueva España, XI. iv. (1829), 202. Hay lagartos en esta tierra, y llamanlos tecouixin.]
1879. E. P. Wright, Anim. Life, 376. The Teguexin (Teius teguexin) is not uncommon in Surinam and the Brazils. It attains a length of from three to four feet.
1892. W. H. Hudson, Natur. La Plata, 74. The large teguexin lizard of the pampas, called iguana by the country people, is a notable snake-killer.
