Pronunciation: ' ch ə k- ˌ wä-l ə
Variant: or chuck · a · wal · la \ ' ch ə -k ə - ˌ wä-l ə \
Function: noun
Etymology: American Spanish chacahuala, from Cahuilla (Uto-Aztecan language of southeast California) č áxwal
Date: 1893
: a large herbivorous lizard ( Sauromalus obesus ) of the iguana family of desert regions of the southwestern U.S.
chuckwalla